Diacavolinia longirostris

Diacavolinia longirostris (Lesueur in Blainville, 1821)

Diacavolinia longirostris 8 mm (Pacific population) by Pauline Fiene
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Synonyms

  • Cavolinia longirostris (Lesueur in Blainville, 1821)
  • Cavolinia longirostris f. longirostris (Lesueur in Blainville, 1821)
  • Hyalaea longirostris Blainville, 1821 (original)

Description

Biology

Etymology

  • Diacavolinia. From Greek “dia”, separated from + “Cavolinia”, dedicated to Filippo Cavolini (1756-1810), botanyst from Naples, Italy, pioneer in polyp research.
  • Longirostris. From Latin “longus”, long, extended + “rostrum”, beak, face.

Distribution

Known georeferenced records of the species: Diacavolinia longirostris
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 Diacavolinia longirostris based on our own records.

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Bibliography

    Ballesteros, M., E. Madrenas, and M. Pontes. 2023. OPK - Opistobranquis. (https://opistobranquis.info/).
    de Blainville, H. M. 1821. Hyale, Hyalæa (Malacoz.), pp. 65-83, in: Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles (F. Cuvier, ed.), vol. 22. Levrault, Strasbourg & Le Normant, Paris.
    De la Cruz-Francisco, V., D. Ortigosa, and M. González González. 2017. Primeros registros de babosas marinas (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) del Sistema Arrecifal Tuxpan, México, con ampliaciones de ámbito de distribución. Biodiversity and Natural History (2017) Vol. 3, No. 1, 15-23.
    Long, S. J. 2006. Bibliography of Opisthobranchia 1554-2000. Bayside Books & Press, Tustin, CA, U.S.A. 672p.
    McDonald, G. 2009. Bibliographia Nudibranchia. 2nd Online Edition, Annotated. 1072 pp  Institute of Marine Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz. (http://escholarship.org/uc/item/8115h0wz).
    van der Spoel, S. 1987. Diacavolinia nov gen separated from Cavolinia (Pteropoda, Gastropoda). Bulletin Zoölogisch Museum, Universiteit van Amsterdam, 11(9):77-79.
    van der Spoel, S., J. Bleeker, and H. Kobayasi. 1993. From Cavolinia longirostris to twenty-four Diacavolinia taxa, with a phylogenetic discussion (Mollusca, Gastropoda). BijDr Dierk., 62(3): 127-166, 3 tabs, 53 figs., 3 pls.
    WoRMS Editorial Board. 2023. World Register of Marine Species. WoRMS. (http://www.marinespecies.org).

    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. (2023) "Diacavolinia longirostris" in OPK-Opistobranquis. Published: 13/03/2013. Accessed: 04/06/2023. Available at (https://opistobranquis.info/en/O3yo6)

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