Caloria indica (Bergh, 1896)
Superdomain | Biota | |
Kingdom | Animalia | |
Phylum | Mollusca | |
Class | Gastropoda | |
Subclass | Heterobranchia | |
Infraclass | Euthyneura | |
Subterclass | Ringipleura | |
Superorder | Nudipleura | |
Order | Nudibranchia | |
Suborder | Cladobranchia | |
Superfamily | Aeolidioidea | |
Family | Facelinidae | |
Genus | Caloria | |
Species | Caloria indica (Bergh, 1896) | |
Classification according to Bouchet et al. (2017) Taxonomic source: World Register of Marine Species (AphiaID: 181240). |
- Learchis indica Bergh, 1896 (original)
- Phidiana indica (Bergh, 1896)
Description
Biology
Etymology
- Indica. From Latin “indicus”, from India.
Distribution
Alien species.
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Abundance
Western Mediterranean: | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
Eastern Mediterranean: | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
Atlantic Ocean: | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
More pictures
Bibliography
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Bielecki, S., G. Cavignaux, J. M. Crouzet, and S. Grall. 2011. Des limaces de rêve.
Flanders Marine Institute. 2018. Maritime Boundaries Geodatabase: Territorial Seas. Maritime Boundaries Geodatabase. (http://www.marineregions.org/).
Gat, G. 1993. Flabellina rubrolineata (O’Donoghue) and Phidiana indica (Bergh) (Nudibranchia, Aeolidoidea), two new Lessepsian immigrants in the eastern Mediterranean. J. Molluscan Stud. 59(1):120.
Gosliner, T. M. 1987. Nudibranchs of Southern Africa; A guide to Opisthobranchs Molluscs of Southern Africa. Sea Challengers and Jeff Hamann. Monterey, California, EEUU: 136 pp.
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McDonald, G. 2009. Bibliographia Nudibranchia. 2nd Online Edition, Annotated. 1072 pp Institute of Marine Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz. (http://escholarship.org/uc/item/8115h0wz).
Ono, A. 1999. Opisthobranchs of Kerama Islands. TBS Tokyo 184p.; 500+ photos.
Rothman, B. S., H. K. Mienis, and B. S. Galil. 2017. Alien facelinid nudibranchs in the Eastern Mediterranean: first report of Phidiana militaris (Alder and Hancock, 1864) and report of Caloria indica (Bergh, 1896) 30 years after its previous sighting. BioInvasions Records, 6 (2): 125-128.
Streftaris, N., A. Zenetos, and E. Papathanassiou. 2005. Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 43: 419-453.
Templado, J., and R. Villanueva. 2010. Checklist of Phylum Mollusca. pp. 148-198 In Coll, M., et al., 2010. The biodiversity of the Mediterranean Sea: estimates, patterns, and threats. PLoS ONE 5(8):36pp.
Trainito, E., and M. Doneddu. 2014. Nudibranchi del Mediterraneo, 2nd. ed. Il Castello.
Vicente, N. 2008. 100 & une limaces de mer : guide d’identification des Mollusques Opisthobranches d’Atlantique et de Méditerranée. Éd. GAP, Challes-les-Eaux.
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Yonow, N. 2008. Opisthobranchs of the Gulf of Eilat and the Red Sea: an account of similarities and differences, pp. 177-196. In: F. Por (Ed.). Aqaba - Eilat, The improbable gulf. Environment, biodiversity and preservation. Magnum Press, Jerusalem.
Zenetos, A., S. Gofas, G. Russo, and J. Templado. 2004. Caloria indica accessed through: CIESM Atlas of Exotic Species in the Mediterranean on 2015-05-23. (http://www.ciesm.org/atlas/Caloriaindica.html).
Zenetos, A., S. Gofas, G. Russo, and J. Templado. 2004. CIESM Atlas of exotic species in the Mediterranean. 3. Molluscs. CIESM Publishers, Monaco : 376 p.
Further reading
- Biodiversity Heritage Library
- CIESM Atlas of Exotic Species in the Mediterranean
- DORIS
- Flickr pictures
- Identificazione e distribuzione nei mari italiani di specie non indigene
- Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
- Medslugs (Ind)
- Medslugs (Ind.E)
- Medslugs (Ind.NW)
- Medslugs (Ind.SW)
- Medslugs (Pac)
- Medslugs (Pac.NW)
- Medslugs (Pac.W)
- NCBI GenBank
- Nudibranchs of the Sunshine Coast
- OBIS - Search by Taxon
- Sea Slug Forum (nomenclature discussion)
- SeaSlug Forum
- SeaSlugs of Hawai'i
- The Slug Site
- The Vibrant Sea
- World Register of Marine Species
Cite this article as:
Ballesteros, M., Madrenas, E. & Pontes, M. (2023) "Caloria indica" in OPK-Opistobranquis. Published: 18/09/2014. Accessed: 31/01/2023. Available at (https://opistobranquis.info/en/qGfPB)