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Taringa armata

Taringa armata (Swennen, 1961)

Taringa armata by Enric Madrenas

WoRMS Taxonomic Information

Current accepted name: Taringa armata Swennen, 1961

Current classification

SuperdomainBiota
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumMollusca
ClassGastropoda
SubclassHeterobranchia
InfraclassEuthyneura
SubterclassRingipleura
SuperorderNudipleura
OrderNudibranchia
SuborderDoridina
InfraorderDoridoidei
SuperfamilyDoridoidea
FamilyDiscodorididae
GenusTaringa
SpeciesTaringa armata Swennen, 1961

Classification provided by the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). [140797]

Description

Biology

Etymology

  • Armata. From Latin “armatus”, armed.

Distribution

Known georeferenced records of the species: Taringa armata
Sources:
OBIS
GROC 2010-2011
Enric Madrenas
João Pedro Silva
Bernard Picton
GBIF
OPK
VIMAR
Manuel Ballesteros
M@re Nostrum
Altres fonts
Marine Regions

Abundance

Western Mediterranean: ☆☆☆☆☆
Eastern Mediterranean: ☆☆☆☆☆
Atlantic Ocean: ☆☆☆☆☆
Month

This chart displays the monthly observation probability for Taringa armata based on our own records.

More pictures

Taringa armata
Taringa armata by Enric Madrenas
Taringa armata by Enric Madrenas
Taringa armata by Enric Madrenas
Taringa armata by Enric Madrenas
Taringa armata @ Caials 20140531 by Miquel Pontes
Taringa armata @ Caials 20140531 by Miquel Pontes
Taringa armata @ Caials 20140531 by Miquel Pontes
Taringa armata 20mm @ Porto Istana, Sardegna, Italy 02-1994 1m by Mauro Doneddu
Taringa armata @ Granada by Luis Sánchez Tocino
Taringa armata by Enric Madrenas
Taringa armata by Enric Madrenas
Taringa armata @ France by Pascal Girard

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) "Taringa armata" in OPK-Opistobranquis. Published: 16/05/2012. Accessed: 11/09/2026. Available at (https://opistobranquis.info/en/?p=506)