Nanuca sebastiani

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Nanuca sebastiani
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:
Nanuca
Species:
N. sebastiani
Binomial name
Nanuca sebastiani
Marcus, Er., 1957 [1]

Nanuca sebastiani is a species of sea slug, specifically an aeolid nudibranch. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae. [2] It is the only species of the genus Nanuca.

Distribution

The holotype of this species was found at Recife, State of Pernambuco, Brazil. [1] It has been reported from Florida, [3] Cuba and Brazil [4] and Costa Rica [5] as well as the Cape Verde Islands in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 Marcus, Er. (1957). On Opisthobranchia from Brazil (2). Journal of the Linnean Society, London, Zoology 43(292):390-486.
  2. ↑ Rosenberg, G. (2015). Nanuca sebastiani Er. Marcus, 1957. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-12-21
  3. ↑ Rudman, W.B., 2003 (April 14) Nanuca sebastiani Marcus, 1957. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  4. ↑ Ortea, J. A., E. Martínez, & G. Villani. (1994). Estudio comparado de animales de Nanuca sebastiani Marcus, 1957 (Mollusca: Nudibranchia: Aeolidacea) recolectados en aguas de Cuba y Brasil. Avicennia, Revista de Oceanología, Ecología y Biodiversidad Tropical 1:131-136.
  5. ↑ Ortea, J. A., M. Caballer, & Jose Espinosa. (2003). Nuevos aeolidaceos (Mollusca: Gastropoda) de Costa Rica. Avicennia, Revista de Oceanología, Ecología y Biodiversidad Tropical 16:129-142.
  6. ↑ Ortea, J. A., & L. Moro. (1998). Descripción de tres molluscos opistobranquios nuevos de las islas de Cabo Verde. Avicennia, Revista de Oceanología, Ecología y Biodiversidad Tropical 8-9:149-154.
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