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Gargamella perezi

Gargamella perezi  (Llera & Ortea, 1982)

Gargamella perezi @ Portlligat (Cadaqués) 7-12-2015 by Enric Madrenas

WoRMS Taxonomic Information

Current accepted name: Gargamella perezi (Llera & Ortea, 1982)

Current classification

SuperdomainBiota
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumMollusca
ClassGastropoda
SubclassHeterobranchia
InfraclassEuthyneura
SubterclassRingipleura
SuperorderNudipleura
OrderNudibranchia
SuborderDoridina
InfraorderDoridoidei
SuperfamilyDoridoidea
FamilyDiscodorididae
GenusGargamella
SpeciesGargamella perezi (Llera & Ortea, 1982)

Classification provided by the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). [828315]

Synonyms

  • Baptodoris perezi Llera & Ortea, 1982

Description

Biology

Etymology

  • Gargamella. It is likely referring to Gargamelle, the giantess who was mother of Gargantua in F. Rabelais’ story from the 16th century: “La vie de Gargantua et de Pantagruel”.
  • Perezi. In honor to José Miguel Pérez Sánchez, who was studying the sea slugs of the Canary Islands in the 80’s.

Distribution

Known georeferenced records of the species: Gargamella perezi
Sources:
OBIS
GROC 2010-2011
Enric Madrenas
João Pedro Silva
Bernard Picton
GBIF
OPK
VIMAR
Manuel Ballesteros
M@re Nostrum
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Marine Regions

Abundance

Western Mediterranean: ☆☆☆☆☆
Eastern Mediterranean: ☆☆☆☆☆
Atlantic Ocean: ☆☆☆☆☆
Month

This chart displays the monthly observation probability for Gargamella perezi based on our own records.

More pictures

Gargamella perezi @ Madeira by Peter Wirtz
Gargamella perezi by José Carlos García Gómez
Gargamella perezi @ Zadar (Croatia) 0,5m by Alen Petani & Jakov Prkić (ID by J.L. Cervera)

Bibliography

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    Bibliography based on the works by Steve Long, 2006. Bibliography of Opisthobranchia 1554-2000 and Gary McDonald, 2009. Bibliographia Nudibranchia, with later updates from other resources.

Further reading

Cite this article as:

Ballesteros, M., Madrenas, E. & Pontes, M. (2025) "Gargamella perezi" in OPK-Opistobranquis. Published: 21/02/2015. Accessed: 17/09/2026. Available at (https://opistobranquis.info/en/?p=18403)