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Taringa armata

Taringa armata (Swennen, 1961)

Taringa armata by Enric Madrenas

Taxonomy
 

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

Taringa  

 

Species

Taringa armata  Swennen, 1961

 
 Classification according to Bouchet et al. (2017)
Taxonomic source: World Register of Marine Species (AphiaID: 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.ORG		 : 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 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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Further reading

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Ballesteros, M., Madrenas, E. & Pontes, M. (2023) "Taringa armata" in OPK-Opistobranquis. Published: 16/05/2012. Accessed: 23/09/2023. Available at (https://opistobranquis.info/en/?p=506)

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