Antiopella barbarensis

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Antiopella barbarensis
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Antiopella barbarensis from Santa Cruz, California
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Family: Janolidae
Genus: Antiopella
Species:
A. barbarensis
Binomial name
Antiopella barbarensis
(J. G. Cooper, 1863) [1]
Synonyms

Janolus barbarensis(J. G. Cooper, 1863)

Antiopella barbarensis, common name Santa Barbara janolus, [2] is a colourful sea slug, a cladobranch nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Janolidae. [3] [4] [5]

Antiopella barbarensis from Santa Cruz, California - head closeup Janolus barbarensis from Santa Cruz, California 01.jpg
Antiopella barbarensis from Santa Cruz, California - head closeup

Distribution

Antiopella barbarensis is a commonly found nudibranch on the Pacific coast inhabiting tide pools of La Jolla, California. [6] Populations also expand to some parts of Costa Rica.

Behrens 1991 gives the distribution as "San Francisco Bay to Baja California, Gulf of California, Mexico". [7]

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References

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  3. MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Antiopella barbarensis (J. G. Cooper, 1863). Accessed on 2020-10-20.
  4. McDonald, Gary R. (2009). Nudibranch Systematic Index, second edition. Institute of Marine Sciences. UC Santa Cruz: Institute of Marine Sciences.
  5. Rudman, W.B., 2000 (June 29) Janolus barbarensis (Cooper, 1863). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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  7. Behrens, David W. 1991. Pacific Coast Nudibranchs. Sea Challengers: Monterey, California.