Favorinus blianus Lemche & Thompson, 1974
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 | Favorinus | |
Species | Favorinus blianus Lemche & T. E. Thompson, 1974 | |
| Classification according to Bouchet et al. (2017) Taxonomic source: World Register of Marine Species (AphiaID: 139939). | ||
Biology
Etymology
- Favorinus. Possibly dedicated to the gallo-roman phylosopher Favorinus de Arles (80-160) sophyst, enemy of the stoicism; only fragments of his work are known.
- Blianus. After Blia Rock, near Bergen, Norway.
Distribution
| 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: Favorinus blianus
- Galicia: Ortea and Urgorri (1981), Urgorri and Besteiro (1983).
Portugal: Gavaia et al. (2004).
General: Brown & Picton, 1979:22; Hayward, Wigham, & Yonow, 1990:722; Hunnam & Brown, 1975:152; Just & Edmunds, 1985:136[P]; Ortea & Urgorri, 1981:58; Picton & Morrow, 1994:126[P]; Thompson, 1976a:[P]; 1988:324[P]; Thompson & Brown, 1976:156; 1984:154[P]Sources: Cervera et al., 2004, Ballesteros, 2007 & 2016, McDonald, 2006 and other sources.
Abundance
| Western Mediterranean: |  |
| Eastern Mediterranean: | |
| Atlantic Ocean: | |
More pictures
Favorinus blianus – Photograph ©Bernard Picton
Favorinus blianus Maidens, Larne, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland. 25m. 15 Aug 2006. Onchidoris depressa at left of picture. – Photograph ©Bernard Picton
Bibliography
Further reading
Cite this article as:
Ballesteros, Manuel, Enric Madrenas, Miquel Pontes (2012-2019) "Favorinus blianus" in OPK-Opistobranquis, Published: 18/09/2014, Accessed: 24/04/2019 at (https://opistobranquis.info/en/Qnj6t)
