Ancula
| Ancula | |
|---|---|
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| Two giraffe spot nudibranchs with their egg ribbon | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Mollusca | 
| Class: | Gastropoda | 
| Order: | Nudibranchia | 
| Superfamily: | Onchidoridoidea | 
| Family: | Goniodorididae | 
| Genus: | Lovén, 1846[1]  | 
| Type species | |
| Ancula cristata (Alder, 1841) | |
| Synonyms | |
 
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Ancula is a genus of sea slugs, specifically dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Goniodorididae.[2]
Species
Species within the genus Ancula include:[3]
- Ancula espinosai Ortea, 2001[4]
 - Ancula evelinae Er. Marcus, 1961[5]
 - Ancula fuegiensis Odhner, 1926[6]
 - Ancula gibbosa (Risso, 1818) - originally described as Tritonia gibbosa Risso, 1818
 - Ancula kariyana Baba, 1990
 - Ancula lentiginosa Farmer & Sloan, 1964
 - Ancula mapae (Burn, 1961)
 - Ancula sp. Giraffe spot nudibranch[7]
 
Species names which are currently considered to be synonyms:
- Ancula cristata (Alder, 1841)[8] accepted as Ancula gibbosa (Risso, 1818)
 - Ancula pacifica MacFarland, 1964 accepted as Ancula gibbosa (Risso, 1818)
 - Ancula sulphurea Stimpson, 1853 accepted as Ancula gibbosa (Risso, 1818)
 
References
- ^ Lovén, S. L., (1846). Ofvers. K. VetenskAkad. Förh. Stockh. 3(5): 137.
 - ^ Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). Ancula Lovén, 1846. In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138038 on 2016-05-23
 - ^ Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2014). Ancula Lovén, 1846. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138038 on 2014-12-08
 - ^ Ortea, J. (2001). "Descripción de una nueva especie de Ancula Loven, 1846". Avicenna Supplemento. 4: 49.
 - ^ Marcus, E. (1961). "Opisthobranchia from North Carolina". Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society. 77: 141–151.
 - ^ Odhner, N.H. (1926). "Die Opisthobranchien". Further Zoological Results of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1903. 2 (1): 1–100.
 - ^ Gosliner, T.M. (1987). Nudibranchs of Southern Africa ISBN 0-930118-13-8
 - ^ Alder, J. (1841). "Observations on the genus Polycera of Cuvier, with descriptions of two new British species". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 6 (38): 337–342. doi:10.1080/03745484109442937.
 
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
 
External links
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