Diaphana globosa

Diaphana globosa (Lovén, 1846)

Diaphana globosa @ Artsdatabanken - Cephalaspids of Norway by Manuel Malaquias

Taxonomy

	Superdomain	Biota
	Kingdom	Animalia
	Phylum	Mollusca
	Class	Gastropoda
	Subclass	Heterobranchia
	Infraclass	Euthyneura
	Subterclass	Tectipleura
	Order	Cephalaspidea
	Superfamily	Cylichnoidea
	Family	Diaphanidae
	Subfamily	Diaphaninae
	Genus	Diaphana
	Species	Diaphana globosa (Lovén, 1846)

	Classification according to Bouchet et al. (2017) Taxonomic source: World Register of Marine Species (AphiaID: 139552).

Synonyms

Amphisphyra globosa Lovén, 1846

Description

Biology

Etymology

Diaphana. From Latin “diaphanus”, from Greek “diaphanēs”, from “diaphainein”, to show through, from “dia-“, through + “phainein”, to show.
Globosa. From Latin “globosus”, round, spherical.

Distribution

Known georeferenced records of the species: Diaphana globosa
Sources:
: OBIS : GROC 2010-2011 : Enric Madrenas : João Pedro Silva : Bernard Picton : GBIF.ORG	: OPK : VIMAR : Manuel Ballesteros. : M@re Nostrum : Altres fonts : Marine Regions

Abundance

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

Month

This chart displays the monthly observation probability for Diaphana globosa based on our own records.

More pictures

Diaphana globosa @ Artsdatabanken – Cephalaspids of Norway

Bibliography

Steve Long, 2006

Bibliography of Opisthobranchia 1554-2000

Gary McDonald, 2009

Bibliographia Nudibranchia

Further reading

Cite this article as:

Ballesteros, M., Madrenas, E. & Pontes, M. (2012-2025) "Diaphana globosa" in OPK-Opistobranquis. Published: 16/04/2015. Accessed: 03/02/2025. Available at (https://opistobranquis.info/en/?p=19124)

Diaphana globosa