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Favorinus ghanensis

Favorinus ghanensis Edmunds, 1968

Favorinus ghanensis by Tamsouri et al., (2014)

Taxonomy
 

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 ghanensis  Edmunds, 1968

 
 Classification according to Bouchet et al. (2017)
Taxonomic source: World Register of Marine Species (AphiaID: 181245).
Description

Biology

Etymology

  • Ghanensis. From Ghana (West Africa).

Distribution

Known georeferenced records of the species: Favorinus ghanensis
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

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Bibliography

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    Edmunds M. 1975. An eolid nudibranch feeding on Bryozoa. The Veliger, 17(3):, 269-270.
    Edmunds M. 2015. Opisthobranchiate Mollusca from Ghana, Aeolidiidae, with consideration of several caribbean species. Journal of Conchology Vol. 42(2): 125-161.
    Edmunds M. 1969. Opisthobranchiate Mollusca from Tanzania. I. Eolidacea (Eubranchidae and Aeolidiidae). Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 38:451-469; figs. 1-10.
    Edmunds M. 1977. Larval development, oceanic currents, and origins of the Opisthobranch fauna of Ghana. Journal of Molluscan studies 43:301-308.
    Edmunds M. 1968. Opisthobranchiate Mollusca from Ghana. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 38:83–100. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.mollus.a065026.
    Garcia FJ, Bertsch H. 2009. Diversity and distribution of the Gastropoda Opisthobranchia from the Atlantic Ocean: A global biogeographic approach. Scientia Marina. 73(1):153–160. https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.2009.73n1153.
    Gosliner TM. 1979. The systematics of the Aeolidiacea (Nudibranchia: Mollusca) of the Hawaiian Islands, with descriptions of two new species. Pacific Science 33(1): 37-77.
    Gosliner TM. 1987. Nudibranchs of Southern Africa; A guide to Opisthobranchs Molluscs of Southern Africa. Sea Challengers and Jeff Hamann. Monterey, California, EEUU: 136 pp.
    Long SJ. 2006. Bibliography of Opisthobranchia 1554-2000. Bayside Books & Press, Tustin, CA, U.S.A. 672p.
    McDonald G. 2009. Bibliographia Nudibranchia. 2nd Online Edition, Annotated. 1072 pp  Institute of Marine Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz. Available from http://escholarship.org/uc/item/8115h0wz.
    Moro L, Ortea J, Bacallado JJ, et al. 1995. Nuevos Aeolidáceos (Gastropoda, Nudibranchia) para la fauna de Canarias. Revista de la Academia Canaria de Ciencias 7 (2, 3 and 4): 63-75.
    Moro L, Martín Esquivel JL, Garrido Sanahuja MJ, et al. 2003. Lista de especies marinas de Canarias (algas, hongos, plantas y animales). Consejería de Política Territorial y Medio Ambiente del Gobierno de Canarias. 248 p.
    Ortea J. 1982. A new Favorinus (Nudibranchia: Aeolidoidea) from the Canary Islands. The Nautilus 96 (2): 45-48.
    Ortea JA, Moro L, Bacallado JJ, et al. 2001. Catálogo actualizado de los Moluscos Opistobranquios de las Islas Canarias. Revista de la Academia Canaria de Ciencias. 12(3–4):105–136.
    Rudman W.B. et al. 1998 2010. Favorinus ghanensis accessed through: Sea Slug Forum on 2014-12-14. Available from http://seaslugforum.net/showall/favoghan.
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    Tamsouri N, Carmona L, Moukrim A, et al. 2014. Polycerella emertoni and Favorinus ghanensis: two new alien sea slug molluscs from the Moroccan Atlantic coasts. Marine Biodiversity Records Vol. 7; e13. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1755267214000050.
    Thompson TE, Brown GH. 1984. Biology of Opisthobranch Molluscs. Vol. 2. Ray Society, London 156, pp. 229:
    Trainito E, Doneddu M. 2014. Nudibranchi del Mediterraneo. 2nd. Il Castello. 192 p.
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    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, M., Madrenas, E. & Pontes, M. (2012-2025) "Favorinus ghanensis" in OPK-Opistobranquis. Published: 01/05/2015. Accessed: 03/02/2025. Available at (https://opistobranquis.info/en/?p=19360)