Algarvia alba

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Algarvia alba
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia
clade Aeolidida
Superfamily:
Aeolidioidea
Family:
Facelinidae
Genus:
Algarvia
Species:
A. alba
Binomial name
Algarvia alba
Garcia-Gomez & Cervera, 1989 [1]

Algarvia alba is a species of sea slug, specifically an aeolid nudibranch. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae. [2]

In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. Other ways of defining species include their karyotype, DNA sequence, morphology, behaviour or ecological niche. In addition, paleontologists use the concept of the chronospecies since fossil reproduction cannot be examined.

Sea slug group of marine invertebrates with varying levels of resemblance to terrestrial slugs

Sea slug is a common name for some marine invertebrates with varying levels of resemblance to terrestrial slugs. Most creatures known as sea slugs are actually gastropods, i.e. they are sea snails that over evolutionary time have either completely lost their shells, or have seemingly lost their shells due to having a greatly reduced or internal shell. The name "sea slug" is most often applied to nudibranchs, as well as to a paraphyletic set of other marine gastropods without obvious shells.

Aeolidioidea superfamily of small sea slugs, the aeolid nudibranchs

Aeolidioidea is a superfamily of sea slugs, the aeolid nudibranchs. They are marine gastropod molluscs in the suborder Cladobranchia.

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Distribution

This species was described from Sagres, Portugal 37°00′49″N8°55′31″W / 37.01361°N 8.92528°W / 37.01361; -8.92528 . It has subsequently been recorded from Cantabria 43°18′34″N2°11′52″W / 43.30944°N 2.19778°W / 43.30944; -2.19778 , on the North coast of Spain. [3]

Spain Kingdom in Southwest Europe

Spain, officially the Kingdom of Spain, is a country mostly located in Europe. Its continental European territory is situated on the Iberian Peninsula. Its territory also includes two archipelagoes: the Canary Islands off the coast of Africa, and the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean Sea. The African enclaves of Ceuta, Melilla, and Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera make Spain the only European country to have a physical border with an African country (Morocco). Several small islands in the Alboran Sea are also part of Spanish territory. The country's mainland is bordered to the south and east by the Mediterranean Sea except for a small land boundary with Gibraltar; to the north and northeast by France, Andorra, and the Bay of Biscay; and to the west and northwest by Portugal and the Atlantic Ocean.

Description

Algarvia alba is a small nudibranch, growing to 15 mm in length. It has a distinctive appearance, with a white body, white cerata and bright orange-red oral tentacles and rhinophores and an orange line across the front of the head. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ García-Gómez, J.C. & Cervera J.L. (1989). A new species and genus of aeolid nudibranch (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from the Iberian coasts. Bull Mus Natl Hist Nat (Paris) 4e série, 11, section A, 4: 733-741.
  2. ↑ Caballer, M.; Gofas, S. (2014). Algarvia alba Garcia-Gomez & Cervera, 1989. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-02-27
  3. ↑ Silva, J.P., Pola, M., Calado, G. & Cervera, J.L. (2015). First record of Algarvia alba García-Gómez and Cervera, 1989 (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) outside the type locality. Marine Biodiversity, DOI 10.1007/s12526-015-0320-1.
  4. ↑ Cantalapiedra, M. (2014). Algarvia alba photograph, Cantabria, Spain.
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