Caliphylla mediterranea

Caliphylla mediterranea  A. Costa, 1867

• Beccaria tricolor Trinchese, 1870

Description

Biology

Etymology

• Caliphylla. From Greek “kalos”, beautiful + “phyllon”, leaf.
• Mediterranea. From Latin “médium”, middle, intermediate space, center + “terra”, land.

Distribution

Known georeferenced records of the species: Caliphylla mediterranea
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: Caliphylla mediterranea

Gibraltar: García-Gómez (2002). Andalucía (Med.): Luque (1983, 1986), García Raso et al. (1992), Sánchez Tocino, Ocaña and García (2000a), Ocaña et al. (2000). Levante: Templado, Talavera and Murillo (1987), Templado et al. (2002). Canarias: Ortea (1981), Ortea et al. (1998, 2001), Moro et al. (2003).
Sources: Cervera et al., 2004, Ballesteros, 2007 & 2016, McDonald, 2006 and other sources.

Abundance

Western Mediterranean:
Eastern Mediterranean:
Atlantic Ocean:

More pictures

Caliphylla mediterranea by Luis Sánchez-Tocino

Caliphylla mediterranea 3mm @ Qajjenza, Malta 1m depth 18-05-1994 by Carmel Sammut

Caliphylla mediterranea foot detail 3mm @ Qajjenza, Malta 1m depth 18-05-1994 by Carmel Sammut

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.

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