Anetarca brasiliana

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Anetarca brasiliana
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:
Anetarca
Species:
A. brasiliana
Binomial name
Anetarca brasiliana
García & Troncoso, 2004 [1]

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

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Distribution

This species was described from the intertidal zone at Praia de Armação, Armação dos Búzios, on the Atlantic Ocean coast of Brazil.

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References

  1. ↑ García F.J. & Troncoso J.S. (2004). A new species of the genus Anetarca Gosliner, 1991 (Gastropoda: Opistobranchia: Facelinidae) from the western Atlantic Ocean. The Nautilus 118(4): 139-143.
  2. ↑ Rosenberg, G. (2015). Anetarca brasiliana García & Troncoso, 2004. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-12-17
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