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Madrella aurantiaca

Madrella aurantiaca Vayssière, 1902

Madrella aurantiaca by Manuel Ballesteros

WoRMS Taxonomic Information

Current accepted name: Madrella aurantiaca Vayssière, 1902

Current classification

SuperdomainBiota
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumMollusca
ClassGastropoda
SubclassHeterobranchia
InfraclassEuthyneura
SubterclassRingipleura
SuperorderNudipleura
OrderNudibranchia
SuborderCladobranchia
SuperfamilyProctonotoidea
FamilyMadrellidae
GenusMadrella
SpeciesMadrella aurantiaca Vayssière, 1902

Classification provided by the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). [140304]

Description

Biology

Etymology

  • Aurantiaca. From latin “aurantiacus”, golden colour.

Distribution

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Abundance

Northeastern Atlantic
1
Western Mediterranean
3
Eastern Mediterranean
0
No records Occasional Infrequent Frequent Very frequent

Relative abundance of Madrella aurantiaca among the different marine basins, based on our own records

This chart displays the monthly observation probability for Madrella aurantiaca based on our own records.

This chart displays the number of annual observations of Madrella aurantiaca over the last 50 years, based on our own records. The trend should be interpreted with caution, as it may be biased by the growing popularity of this animal group.

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Bibliography

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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. (2025) "Madrella aurantiaca" in OPK-Opistobranquis. Published: 28/08/2012. Accessed: 06/11/2026. Available at (https://opistobranquis.info/en/?p=2214)