Runcina capreensis (Mazzarelli, 1894)
Superdomain | Biota | |
Kingdom | Animalia | |
Phylum | Mollusca | |
Class | Gastropoda | |
Subclass | Heterobranchia | |
Infraclass | Euthyneura | |
Subterclass | Tectipleura | |
Order | Runcinida | |
Superfamily | Runcinoidea | |
Family | Runcinidae | |
Genus | Runcina | |
Species | Runcina capreensis Mazzarelli, 1894 | |
| Classification according to Bouchet et al. (2017) Taxonomic source: World Register of Marine Species (AphiaID: 141410). | ||
Biology
Etymology
- Runcina. From Latin “runcina”, carpenter’s plane, a tool used to smooth the wood’s surface.
- Capreensis. Probably derived from Capri, an island in the Campania region (Italy) + “-ensis” Latin suffix added to a toponimic to form an adjective. Means “from Capri”.
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: Runcina capreensis
- Andalucía (Med.): Ballesteros et al. (1986, as R. cf. capreensis).
Levante: Templado, Talavera and Murillo (1983, as R. cf. capreensis), Marín and Ros (1987a), García Raso et al. (1992).
Catalunya: Ballesteros and Ortea (1981).
Sources: Cervera et al., 2004, Ballesteros, 2007 & 2016, McDonald, 2006 and other sources.
Abundance
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More pictures
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Bibliography
Ballesteros, M. 2007. Lista actualizada de los opistobranquios (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia) de las costas catalanas. Spira. 2: 163–188.
Ballesteros, M., and J. Ortea. 1981. Nota sobre dos opistobranquios del litoral catalán. Publicaciones del Departamento de Zoología (Barcelona) 6: 33-38.
Ballesteros, M., A. Barrajón, A. Luque, D. Moreno, P. Talavera, and J. Templado. 1986. Contribución al conocimiento de los Moluscos Gasterópodos marinos de Almería. Iberus, 6: 39-57.
Ballesteros, M., E. Madrenas, and M. Pontes. 2019. OPK - Opistobranquis. (https://opistobranquis.info/).
Cervera, J. L., G. Calado, C. Gavaia, M. A. E. Malaquías, J. Templado, M. Ballesteros, J. C. García-Gómez, and C. Megina. 2004. An annotated and updated checklist of the opisthobranchs (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Spain and Portugal (including islands and archipelagos). Boletín Instituto Español de Oceanografía, 20 (1-4): 1-111. L.
Flanders Marine Institute. 2018. Maritime Boundaries Geodatabase: Territorial Seas. Maritime Boundaries Geodatabase. (http://www.marineregions.org/).
Long, S. J. 2006. Bibliography of Opisthobranchia 1554-2000. Bayside Books & Press, Tustin, CA, U.S.A. 672p.
Mazzarelli, G. 1894. Ricerche Sulle Peltidae Del Golfo Di Napoli. Tip. della Reale Accademia delle Scienze Fisiche e Matematiche.
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).
Ortea, J., L. Moro, and J. Espinosa. 2006. Descripción de dos especies nuevas del género Runcina Forbes y Hanley, 1853 (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia, Cephalaspidea) de la isla de Cuba. Rev.Acad. Canar. Cienc. XVIII (Núm.4) :27-32.
Templado, J., and R. Villanueva. 2010. Checklist of Phylum Mollusca. pp. 148-198 In Coll, M., et al., 2010. The biodiversity of the Mediterranean Sea: estimates, patterns, and threats. PLoS ONE 5(8):36pp.
WoRMS Editorial Board. 2018. World Register of Marine Species. World Register of Marine Species. (http://www.marinespecies.org).
Further reading
Cite this article as:
Ballesteros, Manuel, Enric Madrenas, Miquel Pontes (2012-2019) "Runcina capreensis" in OPK-Opistobranquis, Published: 14/08/2013, Accessed: 13/12/2019 at (https://opistobranquis.info/en/C2IzX)
