Ancula

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Ancula
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Onchidoridoidea
Family: Goniodorididae
Genus: Ancula
Lovén, 1846 [1]
Type species
Ancula cristata (Alder, 1841)
Synonyms
  • DrepaniellaBurn, 1961 (Invalid: junior homonym of Drepanielladel Guercio, 1913 [Hemiptera]; Eucrairia is a replacement name)
  • EucrairiaBurn, 1961 (Replacement name for DrepaniellaBurn, 1961, non del Guercio, 1913)
  • MirandaAlder & Hancock, 1847 (not available: not used as a valid name when first established)

Ancula is a genus of sea slugs, specifically dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Goniodorididae. [2]

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Species

Species within the genus Ancula include: [3]

Species names which are currently considered to be synonyms:

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Eubranchus is a genus of aeolid nudibranch in the family Eubranchidae.

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References

  1. ↑ Lovén, S. L., (1846). Ofvers. K. VetenskAkad. Förh. Stockh.3(5): 137.
  2. ↑ 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
  3. ↑ 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
  4. ↑ Ortea, J. (2001). "Descripción de una nueva especie de Ancula Loven, 1846". Avicenna Supplemento. 4: 49.
  5. ↑ Marcus, E. (1961). "Opisthobranchia from North Carolina". Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society. 77: 141–151.
  6. ↑ Odhner, N.H. (1926). "Die Opisthobranchien". Further Zoological Results of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1903. 2 (1): 1–100.
  7. ↑ Gosliner, T.M. (1987). Nudibranchs of Southern Africa ISBN   0-930118-13-8
  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.

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