Gargamella perezi (Llera & Ortea, 1982)
Superdomain | Biota | |
Kingdom | Animalia | |
Phylum | Mollusca | |
Class | Gastropoda | |
Subclass | Heterobranchia | |
Infraclass | Euthyneura | |
Subterclass | Ringipleura | |
Superorder | Nudipleura | |
Order | Nudibranchia | |
Suborder | Doridina | |
Infraorder | Doridoidei | |
Superfamily | Doridoidea | |
Family | Discodorididae | |
Genus | Gargamella | |
Species | Gargamella perezi (Llera & Ortea, 1982) | |
| Classification according to Bouchet et al. (2017) Taxonomic source: World Register of Marine Species (AphiaID: 828315). | ||
- Baptodoris perezi Llera & Ortea, 1982
Description
Biology
Etymology
- Gargamella. It is likely referring to Gargamelle, the giantess who was mother of Gargantua in F. Rabelais’ story from the 16th century: “La vie de Gargantua et de Pantagruel”.
- Perezi. In honor to José Miguel Pérez Sánchez, who was studying the sea slugs of the Canary Islands in the 80’s.
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: Gargamella perezi
- We have not yet published references for Iberian coasts of: Gargamella perezi.
Abundance
| Western Mediterranean: |  |
| Eastern Mediterranean: | |
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More pictures
Gargamella perezi @ Madeira by Peter Wirtz
Gargamella perezi @ Zadar (Croatia) 0,5m by Alen Petani & Jakov Prkić (ID by J.L. Cervera)
Bibliography
Further reading
Cite this article as:
Ballesteros, Manuel, Enric Madrenas, Miquel Pontes (2012-2018) "Gargamella perezi" in OPK-Opistobranquis, Published: 21/02/2015, Accessed: 23/04/2018 at (https://opistobranquis.info/en/bZ0pG)
