Runcina ornata (de Quatrefages, 1844)
Superdomain | Biota | |
Kingdom | Animalia | |
Phylum | Mollusca | |
Class | Gastropoda | |
Subclass | Heterobranchia | |
Infraclass | Euthyneura | |
Subterclass | Tectipleura | |
Order | Runcinida | |
Superfamily | Runcinoidea | |
Family | Runcinidae | |
Genus | Runcina | |
Species | Runcina ornata (Quatrefages, 1844) | |
Classification according to Bouchet et al. (2017) Taxonomic source: World Register of Marine Species (AphiaID: 181194). |
- Pelta ornata de Quatrefages, 1844
Description
Biology
Etymology
Distribution
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References for the species: Runcina ornata
- Gibraltar: García et al. (1986, as R. coronata), Cervera, García-Gómez and García (1991).
Canarias: Malaquias and Calado (1997), Malaquias, Martínez and Abreu (2002).
Sources: Cervera et al., 2004, Ballesteros, 2007 & 2016, McDonald, 2006 and other sources.
Abundance
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Bibliography
Ballesteros, M., E. Madrenas, and M. Pontes. 2021. OPK - Opistobranquis. (https://opistobranquis.info/).
Cervera, J. L., J. C. García-Gómez, and F. J. García. 1991. The genus Runcina Forbes & Hanley, 1851 (Opisthobranchia, Cephalaspidea) in the Strait of Gibraltar, with de description of a new species from the Bay of Algeciras. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 57: 199–208.
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.
De Quatrefages, J. L. A. 1844. Sur les Gasteropodes Phlébentérés (Phlebenterata Nob.), ordre nouveau de la classe des Ggastéropodes, proposé d’après l’examen anatomique et physiologiquedes genres Zéphyrine (Zephyrina Nob.), Actéon (Acteon Oken), Actéonie (Acteoniæ Nob.), Amphorine (Amphorina Nob.), Pavois (Pelta Nob.), Chalide (Chalidis Nob.). Annales des Sciences Naturelles, (3)1: 129-183, pl. 3-6.
Flanders Marine Institute. 2018. Maritime Boundaries Geodatabase: Territorial Seas. Maritime Boundaries Geodatabase. (http://www.marineregions.org/).
Furfaro, G., F. Vitale, C. Licchelli, and P. Mariottini. 2020. Two Seas for One Great Diversity: Checklist of the Marine Heterobranchia (Mollusca; Gastropoda) from the Salento Peninsula (South-East Italy). Diversity. 12: 171.
Long, S. J. 2006. Bibliography of Opisthobranchia 1554-2000. Bayside Books & Press, Tustin, CA, U.S.A. 672p.
Malaquias, M. A., and G. J. P. Calado. 1997. The malacological fauna of Salvage Islands - 1. Opisthobranch Molluscs. Bol. Mus. Mun. Funchal, 49(281): 149-170.
Malaquias, M. A. E., G. Calado, J. F. Da Cruz, and K. Jensen. 2014. Opisthobranch molluscs of the Azores, results of the IV Internationa Workshop of Malacology and Marine Biology (4-13 July 2011) (Mosteiros, São Miguel, Azores). Açoreana, 2014, Supplement 10: 139-147.
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).
Rudman W.B. et al. 1998. Runcina ornata accessed through: Sea Slug Forum on 2014-12-14. (http://seaslugforum.net/showall/runcorna).
WoRMS Editorial Board. 2021. World Register of Marine Species. WoRMS. (http://www.marinespecies.org).
Further reading
Cite this article as:
Ballesteros, Manuel, Enric Madrenas, Miquel Pontes (2021) "Runcina ornata" in OPK-Opistobranquis. Published: 11/09/2014. Accessed: 27/02/2021. Available at (https://opistobranquis.info/en/ekyhG)