Philinopsis speciosa

Philinopsis speciosa Pease, 1860

Philinopsis speciosa (60mm) @ Hekili Point, Maui, Hawaii 14-11-2008 by Cory Pittman (www.seaslugsofhawaii.com)

Taxonomy

	Superdomain	Biota
	Kingdom	Animalia
	Phylum	Mollusca
	Class	Gastropoda
	Subclass	Heterobranchia
	Infraclass	Euthyneura
	Subterclass	Tectipleura
	Order	Cephalaspidea
	Superfamily	Philinoidea
	Family	Aglajidae
	Genus	Philinopsis
	Species	Philinopsis speciosa Pease, 1860

	Classification according to Bouchet et al. (2017) Taxonomic source: World Register of Marine Species (AphiaID: 559039).

Taxonomic note: This is species is reported in many web pages and literature as P. cyanea, however, because P. speciosa is an older name, as well as the type of the genus, we have chosen to replace the name P. cyanea with that of P. speciosa. This is also WoRMS approach.

Synonyms

Aglaja cyanea (Martens, 1879)
Doridium cyaneum Martens, 1879
Philinopsis cyanea (Martens, 1879)

Description

Biology

Etymology

Philinopsis: means similar to Philine, where Philine is another genus of Cephalaspideans.
Philine. Derived from Greek “philainoi”, name of two Carthaginian brothers who fougth for their homeland and who received honors as Gods.
Speciosa. From Latin “speciose”, with elegance, magnificently.

Distribution

Known georeferenced records of the species: Philinopsis speciosa
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:

Video

Philinopsis speciosa @ Mooloolah River, Queensland, Australia 12-01-2019 by Gary Cobb

Philinopsis speciosa @ Tulamben, Bali by Cix Cutez @ Nudibase (Facebook)

More pictures

Philinopsis speciosa spawn (70mm) @ Makena, Maui 27-08-2008 by Pauline Fiene

Philinopsis speciosa (15mm) @ Wahikuli Park, Maui, Hawaii 28-04-2005 by Cory Pittman

Philinopsis speciosa (60mm) @ Hekili Point, Maui, Hawaii 14-11-2008 by Cory Pittman

Philinopsis speciosa @ Mooloolah River, Queensland, Australia 12-01-2019 by Gary Cobb

Bibliography

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, Manuel, Enric Madrenas, Miquel Pontes (2012-2019) "Philinopsis speciosa" in OPK-Opistobranquis, Published: 01/05/2015, Accessed: 21/01/2019 at (https://opistobranquis.info/en/vfvvU)

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