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Taringa armata

Taringa armata (Swennen, 1961)

Taringa armata by Enric Madrenas

WoRMS Taxonomic Information

Current accepted name: Taringa armata Swennen, 1961

Current classification

SuperdomainBiota
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumMollusca
ClassGastropoda
SubclassHeterobranchia
InfraclassEuthyneura
SubterclassRingipleura
SuperorderNudipleura
OrderNudibranchia
SuborderDoridina
InfraorderDoridoidei
SuperfamilyDoridoidea
FamilyDiscodorididae
GenusTaringa
SpeciesTaringa armata Swennen, 1961

Classification provided by the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). [140797]

Description

Biology

Etymology

  • Armata. From Latin “armatus”, armed.

Distribution

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Abundance

Northeastern Atlantic
2
Western Mediterranean
40
Eastern Mediterranean
4
No records Occasional Infrequent Frequent Very frequent

Relative abundance of Taringa armata among the different marine basins, based on our own records

This chart displays the monthly observation probability for Taringa armata based on our own records.

This chart displays the number of annual observations of Taringa armata over the last 50 years, based on our own records. The trend should be interpreted with caution, as it may be biased by the growing popularity of this animal group.

More pictures

Taringa armata
Taringa armata by Enric Madrenas
Taringa armata by Enric Madrenas
Taringa armata by Enric Madrenas
Taringa armata by Enric Madrenas
Taringa armata @ Caials 20140531 by Miquel Pontes
Taringa armata @ Caials 20140531 by Miquel Pontes
Taringa armata @ Caials 20140531 by Miquel Pontes
Taringa armata 20mm @ Porto Istana, Sardegna, Italy 02-1994 1m by Mauro Doneddu
Taringa armata @ Granada by Luis Sánchez Tocino
Taringa armata by Enric Madrenas
Taringa armata by Enric Madrenas
Taringa armata @ France by Pascal Girard

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) "Taringa armata" in OPK-Opistobranquis. Published: 16/05/2012. Accessed: 12/11/2026. Available at (https://opistobranquis.info/en/?p=506)