Artachaea

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Artachaea
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Dorididae
Genus: Artachaea
Bergh, 1881
Species:
A. rubida
Binomial name
Artachaea rubida
Bergh, 1881 [1]

Artachaea is a genus of sea slugs, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dorididae containing only one species, Artachaea rubida. [2]

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Species

The genus Artachaea includes only one species:

Distribution

This species was described from the island of Cebu in the Philippines.

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References

  1. Bergh, L.S.R. (1881). Beiträge zur Kenntniss der japanischen Nudibranchien. II. Verhandlungen der königlich-kaiserlich Zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien (Abhandlungen). 31:219-254, pls. 6-10, page 231
  2. MolluscaBase (2018). Artachaea Bergh, 1881. Accessed on 2019-02-01.
  3. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Artachaea rubida Bergh, 1881. Accessed on 2021-04-09.