Caloria quatrefagesi is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae.[2]
| Caloria quatrefagesi | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
| Family: | Facelinidae |
| Genus: | Caloria |
| Species: | C. quatrefagesi
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| Binomial name | |
| Caloria quatrefagesi | |
| Synonyms | |
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Acanthopsole quatrefagesi Vayssière, 1888 | |
Taxonomy
editCaloria elegans is morphologically very similar to Facelina quatrefagesi.[3] Facelina quatrefagesi was considered as a synonym of Caloria elegans, but a combination of DNA evidence and morphological comparison resulted in them being recognised as separate valid species.[3] The species was transferred to the genus Caloria in 2021.[4]
Distribution
editThis species was described from the Rade de Villefranche-sur-Mer, France.[1]
Description
editThe typical adult size of this species is 15 mm.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b Vayssière A. (1888). Recherches zoologiques et anatomiques sur les mollusques opisthobranches du Golfe de Marseille pt. 2. Nudibranches (Cirrobranches) et Ascoglosses. Annales du Musée d'Histoire Naturelle de Marseille 3 (4): 1-160.
- ^ Gofas, S. (2014). Caloria quatrefagesi (Vayssière, 1888). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2022-10-09.
- ^ a b Furfaro G., Mariottini P., Modica M. V., Trainito E., Doneddu M. & Oliverio M. (2016). "Sympatric sibling species: the case of Caloria elegans and Facelina quatrefagesi (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia)". Scientia Marina 80(4): 511-520. doi:10.3989/scimar.04479.09A.
- ^ Ellis-Diamond, D. C.; Picton, B. E.; Tibiriçá, Y.; Sigwart, J. D. (2021). A new species of Sakuraeolis from Mozambique, described using 3D reconstruction of anatomy and phylogenetic analysis. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 87(2): DOI 10.1093/mollus/eyab010.
- ^ João Pedro Silva OPK 2015. Facelina quatrefagesi (Portugal)