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Phidiana lynceus

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Phidiana lynceus
Phidiana lynceus from Port Canaveral, Florida
Phidiana lynceus from Port Canaveral, Florida on tunicates
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P. lynceus
Binomial name
Phidiana lynceus
Bergh, 1867
Synonyms
  • Phidiana brevicauda Engel, 1925
  • Phidiana selencae Bergh, 1879

Phidiana lynceus is a species of sea slug in the Phidiana genus, an aeolidina nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae.[1]

Distribution

The slug is found in the Caribbean and occasionally in Ghana and on the Pacific coast of Panama.[2] It is also recorded off the Canary Islands.

References

  1. ^ Gofas, S. (2005). Phidiana lynceus Bergh, 1867. In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=181239 on 2016-05-21
  2. ^ Rudman, W.B. (2010-07-15). "Phidiana lynceus". The Sea Slug Forum. Retrieved 2016-05-19.
  • Check List of European Marine Mollusca
  • Ortea J.A., Moro L., Bacallado J.J. & Herrera R., 2001 : Catálogo actualizado de los Moluscos Opistobranquios de las Islas Canarias ; Revista de la Academia Canaria de Ciencias 12(3-4): 105-134