Cadlina pellucida (Risso, 1826)
Superdomain | Biota | |
Kingdom | Animalia | |
Phylum | Mollusca | |
Class | Gastropoda | |
Subclass | Heterobranchia | |
Infraclass | Euthyneura | |
Subterclass | Ringipleura | |
Superorder | Nudipleura | |
Order | Nudibranchia | |
Suborder | Doridina | |
Infraorder | Doridoidei | |
Superfamily | Chromodoridoidea | |
Family | Cadlinidae | |
Genus | Cadlina | |
Species | Cadlina pellucida (Risso, 1826) | |
Classification according to Bouchet et al. (2017) Taxonomic source: World Register of Marine Species (AphiaID: 139135). |
Synonyms
- Cadlina clarae Ihering, 1880
- Doris pellucida Risso, 1826
- Echinochila pellucida (Risso, 1826)
Description
Biology
Etymology
- Pellucida. From Latin “pellūcida”, transparent.
Distribution
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References for the species: Cadlina pellucida
- Cantabria: Ortea (1977c), Fernández-Ovies (1981).
Galicia: Ortea (1977c).
Portugal: García-Gómez et al. (1991), Calado et al. (1999, 2003).
Gibraltar: García-Gómez et al. (1989).
Andalucía (Med.): Moreno and Templado (1998), Sánchez Tocino, Ocaña and García (2000a), Ocaña et al. (2000).
Levante: Templado (1982b, 1983, 1984).
Baleares: Ballesteros and Templado (1996).
Canarias: Ortea et al. (2001), Moro et al. (2003).
Sources: Cervera et al., 2004, Ballesteros, 2007 & 2016, McDonald, 2006 and other sources.
Abundance
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Further reading
Cite this article as:
Ballesteros, Manuel, Enric Madrenas, Miquel Pontes (2021) "Cadlina pellucida" in OPK-Opistobranquis. Published: 28/10/2012. Accessed: 02/03/2021. Available at (https://opistobranquis.info/en/ncbXO)