Scaphander punctostriatus

Scaphander punctostriatus (Mighels & Adams, 1842)

Scaphander punctostriatus @ 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	Philinoidea
	Family	Scaphandridae
	Genus	Scaphander
	Species	Scaphander punctostriatus (Mighels & C. B. Adams, 1842)

	Classification according to Bouchet et al. (2017) Taxonomic source: World Register of Marine Species (AphiaID: 139490).

Synonyms

Bulla punctostriata Mighels & Adams, 1842 (original)
Cryptaxis crebripunctatus Jeffreys, 1883
Scaphander librarius Lovén, 1846
Scaphander punctostriatus var. elongata Locard, 1897
Scaphander punctostriatus var. inflata Locard, 1897
Scaphander punctostriatus var. intermedia Locard, 1897

Description

Biology

Etymology

Scaphander. From Greek “skaphe”, boat, any excavated object + “andros”, man.
Punctostriatus. From Latin “Punctum”, small quantity, dot, score, stain, tip, small hole, perforation, sting + “striatus”, groove, channel, wrinkle.

Distribution

Known georeferenced records of the species: Scaphander punctostriatus
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

References for the species: Scaphander punctostriatus

Cantabria: Hidalgo (1917), Nordsieck (1972), Bouchet (1975, bathyal), Borja (1987), Martínez et al. (1993). Portugal: Locard (1897, bathyal). Catalunya: Ros (1975), Giribet and Peñas (1997). Canarias: Ortea et al. (2001), Moro et al. (2003). Azores: Watson (1886), Dautzenberg (1889), Dautzenberg and Fischer (1896, 1897), Locard (1897), Nordsieck (1972), Bouchet (1975), Mikkelsen (1995), Malaquias (2001).

Sources: Cervera et al., 2004, Ballesteros, 2007 & 2016, McDonald, 2006 and other sources.

Abundance

Western Mediterranean:
Eastern Mediterranean:
Atlantic Ocean:

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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) "Scaphander punctostriatus" in OPK-Opistobranquis, Published: 16/04/2015, Accessed: 23/02/2019 at (https://opistobranquis.info/en/FZvRv)

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