These are the species of opisthobranch molluscs currently known on the coasts of the Gibraltar Straits according to Martínez-Chacón (2018) adapted to the taxonomic changes proposed by the last publications:
Class Gastropoda Cuvier, 1795
- Subclass Heterobranchia Burmeister, 1837
- Infraclass Euthyneura
- Subterclass Ringipleura
- Superorder Nudipleura Wägele & Willan, 2000
- Order Pleurobranchida
- Superfamily Pleurobranchoidea Gray, 1827
- Family Pleurobranchidae Gray, 1827
- Berthella aurantiaca (Risso, 1818)
- Berthella plumula (Montagu, 1803)
- Berthella stellata (Risso, 1826)
- Berthellina edwardsii (Vayssière, 1897)
- Pleurobranchus testudinarius Cantraine, 1835
- Family Pleurobranchidae Gray, 1827
- Superfamily Pleurobranchoidea Gray, 1827
- Order Nudibranchia
- Suborder Doridina
- Infraorder Doridoidei
- Superfamily Doridoidea Rafinesque, 1815
- Family Dorididae Rafinesque, 1815
- Doris ocelligera (Bergh, 1881)
- Doris pseudoargus Rapp, 1827
- Doris sticta (Iredale & O’Donoghue, 1923)
- Doris verrucosa Linnaeus, 1758
- Family Discodorididae Bergh, 1891
- Aporodoris millegrana (Alder & Hancock, 1854)
- Baptodoris cinnabarina Bergh,1884
- Carminodoris boucheti Ortea, 1979
- Discodoris rosi Ortea, 1979
- Discodoris stellifera (Vayssière, 1903)
- Gargamella perezi (Llera & Ortea, 1982)
- Geitodoris planata (Alder & Hancock, 1846)
- Jorunna tomentosa (Cuvier, 1804)
- Peltodoris atromaculata Bergh, 1880
- Platydoris argo (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Tayuva lilacina (Gould, 1852)
- Family Cadlinidae Bergh, 1891
- Cadlina laevis (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Cadlina pellucida (Risso, 1826)
- Aldisa banyulensis Pruvot-Fol, 1951
- Family Chromodorididae Bergh, 1891
- Felimare bilineata (Pruvot-Fol, 1953)
- Felimare cantabrica (Bouchet & Ortea, 1980)
- Felimare fontandraui (Pruvot-Fol, 1951)
- Felimare orsinii (Vérany, 1846)
- Felimare picta (Schultz in Philippi, 1836)
- Felimare tricolor (Cantraine, 1835)
- Felimare villafranca (Risso, 1818)
- Felimida binza (Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1963)
- Felimida krohni (Vérany, 1846)
- Felimida luteopunctata (Rapp, 1827)
- Felimida purpurea (Risso, 1831)
- Family Dorididae Rafinesque, 1815
- Superfamily Onchidoridoidea Gray, 1827
- Family Calycidorididae Roginskaya, 1972
- Diaphorodoris alba Portmann & Sandmeier, 1960
- Diaphorodoris luteocincta (M. Sars, 1870)
- Diaphorodoris papillata Portmann & Sandmeier, 1960
- Family Goniodorididae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
- Goniodoris castanea Alder & Hancock, 1845
- Okenia elegans (Leuckart, 1828)
- Okenia cupella (Vogel & Schultz, 1970)
- Trapania hispalensis Cervera & García-Gómez, 1989
- Trapania maculata Haefelfinger, 1960
- Trapania orteai Garcia-Gomez & Cervera in Cervera & Garcia-Gomez, 1989
- Trapania pallida Kress, 1968
- Trapania tartanella (Ihering, 1886)
- Family Onchidorididae Gray, 1827
- Acanthodoris pilosa (Abildgaard in Müller, 1789)
- Knoutsodonta neapolitana (Delle Chiaje, 1841)
- Family Calycidorididae Roginskaya, 1972
- Superfamily Phyllidioidea Rafinesque, 1814
- Family Phyllidiidae Rafinesque, 1814
- Phyllidiopsis bayi (Bouchet, 1983)
- Family Dendrodorididae O’Donoghue, 1924
- Dendrodoris grandiflora (Rapp, 1827)
- Dendrodoris herytra Valdés & Ortea in Valdés, Ortea, Avila & Ballesteros, 1996
- Dendrodoris limbata (Cuvier, 1804)
- Doriopsilla areolata Bergh, 1880
- Doriopsilla pelseneeri d’Oliveira, 1895
- Family Phyllidiidae Rafinesque, 1814
- Superfamily Polyceroidea Alder & Hancock, 1845
- Family Aegiridae P. Fischer, 1883
- Aegires leuckartii Vérany, 1853
- Aegires punctilucens (d’Orbigny, 1837)
- Family Polyceridae Alder & Hancock, 1845
- Crimora papillata Alder & Hancock, 1862
- Kaloplocamus ramosus (Cantraine, 1835)
- Limacia clavigera (O.F. Müller, 1776)
- Polycera aurantiomarginata García-Gómez & Bobo, 1984
- Polycera elegans (Bergh, 1894)
- Polycera faeroensis Lemche, 1929
- Polycera quadrilineata (O.F. Müller, 1776)
- Polycerella emertoni A. E. Verrill, 1880
- Tambja ceutae García-Gómez & Ortea, 1988
- Thecacera pennigera (Montagu, 1813)
- Tyrannodoris europaea (García-Gómez, 1985)
- Family Aegiridae P. Fischer, 1883
- Superfamily Doridoidea Rafinesque, 1815
- Infraorder Doridoidei
- Suborder Cladobranchia Willan & Morton, 1984
- Superfamily Aeolidioidea Gray, 1827
- Family Aeolidiidae Gray, 1827
- Aeolidiella alderi (Cocks, 1852)
- Aeolidiella glauca (Alder & Hancock, 1845)
- Aeolidiella sanguinea (Norman, 1877)
- Anteaeolidiella indica (Bergh, 1888)
- Berghia coerulescens (Laurillard, 1832)
- Berghia columbina
- Spurilla neapolitana (Delle Chiaje, 1841)
- Family Facelinidae Bergh, 1889
- Caloria elegans (Alder & Hancock, 1845)
- Cratena peregrina (Gmelin, 1791)
- Dicata odhneri Schmekel, 1967
- Dondice banyulensis Portman & Sandmeier, 1960
- Facelina auriculata (Müller, 1776)
- Facelina quatrefagesi (Vayssière, 1888)
- Facelina rubrovittata (A. Costa, 1866)
- Facelinopsis marioni (Vayssière, 1888)
- Favorinus branchialis (Rathke, 1806)
- Godiva quadricolor (Barnard, 1927)
- Family Flabellinopsidae Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017
- Baenopsis baetica (García-Gómez, 1984)
- Family Piseinotecidae Edmunds, 1970
- Piseinotecus soussi Tamsouri et al., 2014
- Family Babakinidae Roller, 1973
- Babakina anadoni (Ortea, 1979)
- Family Aeolidiidae Gray, 1827
- Superfamily Arminoidea
- Family Arminidae Iredale & O’Donoghue, 1841 (1823)
- Armina maculata Rafinesque, 1814
- Family Arminidae Iredale & O’Donoghue, 1841 (1823)
- Superfamily Dendronotoidea Odhner, 1934
- Family Dotidae Gray, 1853
- Doto aff. coronata (Gmelin, 1791)
- Doto dunnei Lemche, 1976
- Doto floridicola Simroth, 1888
- Doto furva Garcia J. C. & Ortea, 1984
- Doto millbayana Lemche, 1976
- Doto pinnatifida (Montagu, 1804)
- Family Hancockiidae MacFarland, 1923
- Hancockia uncinata (Hesse, 1872)
- Family Dotidae Gray, 1853
- Superfamily Fionoidea Gray, 1857
- Family Calmidae Iredale & O’Donoghue, 1923
- Calma glaucoides (Alder & Hancock, 1854)
- Calma gobioophaga Calado & Urgorri, 2002
- Family Eubranchidae Odhner, 1934
- Eubranchus exiguus (Alder & Hancock, 1848)
- Eubranchus farrani (Alder & Hancock, 1844)
- Eubranchus linensis Garcia-Gomez, Cervera & Garcia, 1990
- Eubranchus prietoi Forbes, 1838
- Eubranchus vittatus (Alder & Hancock, 1842)
- Family Trinchesiidae F.Nordsieck, 1972
- Catriona aurantia (Alder & Hancock, 1842)
- Rubramoena amoena (Alder & Hancock, 1845)
- Trinchesia caerulea (Montagu, 1804)
- Trinchesia foliata (Forbes & Goodsir, 1839)
- Trinchesia genovae (O’Donoghue, 1929)
- Trinchesia ocellata (Schmekel, 1966)
- Family Cuthonidae Odhner, 1934
- Cuthona thompsoni Garcia, Lopez-Gonzalez & Garcia-Gomez, 1991
- Family Flabellinidae Bergh, 1889
- Edmundsella pedata (Montagu, 1816)
- Fjordia insolita (Garcia-Gomez & Cervera, 1989)
- Fjordia lineata (Lovén, 1846)
- Flabellina affinis (Gmelin, 1791)
- Paraflabellina ischitana Hirano & Thompson, 1990
- Family Samlidae Korshunova et al (2017)
- Luisella babai Schmekel, 1972
- Family Calmidae Iredale & O’Donoghue, 1923
- Superfamily Proctonotoidea
- Family Proctonotidae Gray, 1853
- Janolus cristatus (Delle Chiaje, 1841)
- Janolus hyalinus (Alder & Hancock, 1854)
- Family Proctonotidae Gray, 1853
- Superfamily Tritonioidea
- Family Tritoniidae Lamarck, 1809
- Marionia blainvillea (Risso, 1818)
- Tritonia hombergii Cuvier, 1803
- Tritonia manicata Deshayes, 1853
- Tritonia nilsodhneri Ev. Marcus, 1983
- Tritonia striata Haefelfinger, 1963
- Family Tritoniidae Lamarck, 1809
- Superfamily Cladobranchia incertae sedis
- Family Embletoniidae Pruvot-Fol, 1954
- Embletonia pulchra (Alder & Hancock, 1844)
- Family Embletoniidae Pruvot-Fol, 1954
- Superfamily Aeolidioidea Gray, 1827
- Suborder Doridina
- Order Pleurobranchida
- Superorder Nudipleura Wägele & Willan, 2000
- Subterclass Tectipleura Schrödl et al., 2011
- Order Aplysiida Fischer, 1883
- Superfamily Aplysioidea Lamarck, 1809
- Family Aplysiidae Lamarck, 1809
- Aplysia depilans Gmelin, 1791
- Aplysia fasciata Poiret, 1789
- Aplysia parvula Mörch, 1863
- Aplysia punctata (Cuvier, 1803)
- Family Aplysiidae Lamarck, 1809
- Superfamily Aplysioidea Lamarck, 1809
- Order Cephalaspidea P. Fischer, 1883
- Superfamily Philinoidea Gray, 1850 (1815)
- Family Aglajidae Pilsbry, 1895 (1847)
- Aglaja tricolorata Renier, 1807
- Camachoaglaja africana Pruvot-Fol, 1953
- Melanochlamys miqueli Pelorce et al., 2013
- Philinopsis depicta (Renier, 1807)
- Family Philinidae Gray, 1850 (1815)
- Philine intricata Monterosato, 1884
- Philine punctata (J. Adams, 1800)
- Philine quadripartita Ascanius, 1772
- Family Aglajidae Pilsbry, 1895 (1847)
- Superfamily Philinoidea Gray, 1850 (1815)
- Order Runcinida
- Superfamily Runcinoidea H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
- Family Runcinidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
- Runcina africana Pruvot-Fol, 1953
- Runcina bahiensis Cervera et al., 1991
- Runcina coronata (Quatrefages, 1844)
- Runcina ferruginea Kress, 1977
- Runcina macrodenticulata Garcia-Gomez & Lopez de la Cuadra, 1990
- Runcina ornata (Quatrefages, 1844)
- Family Runcinidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
- Superfamily Runcinoidea H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
- Superorder Sacoglossa Ihering, 1876
- Superfamily Plakobranchoidea Gray, 1840
- Family Hermaeidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
- Caliphylla mediterranea A. Costa, 1867
- Family Limapontiidae Gray, 1847
- Ercolania lozanoi Ortea, 1982
- Placida brevicornis (A. Costa, 1867)
- Placida cremoniana Trinchese, 1892
- Placida dendritica (Alder & Hancock, 1843)
- Family Plakobranchidae Gray, 1840
- Elysia timida (Risso, 1818)
- Elysia viridis (Montagu, 1804)
- Thuridilla hopei (Vérany, 1853)
- Family Hermaeidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
- Superfamily Plakobranchoidea Gray, 1840
- Order Umbraculida Odhner, 1839
- Family Tylodinidae Gray, 1847
- Tylodina perversa (Gmelin, 1791)
- Family Umbraculidae Dall, 1889 (1827)
- Umbraculum umbraculum (Lightfoot, 1786)
- Family Tylodinidae Gray, 1847
- Order Aplysiida Fischer, 1883
- Subterclass Ringipleura
- Infraclass Euthyneura
- Subclass Heterobranchia Burmeister, 1837
No species of the superorder Acochlidiimorpha are mentioned here because there are no actual studies nor reports on this group on the Straits of Gibraltar shores.
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Cite this article as:
Pontes, Miquel (2023) "Straits of Gibraltar" in OPK-Opistobranquis. Published: 03/01/2019. Accessed: 30/03/2023. Available at (https://opistobranquis.info/en/YCMZ6)
