Caloria elegans
| Caloria elegans | |
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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. elegans
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| Binomial name | |
| Caloria elegans | |
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Caloria elegans is a species of colorful sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae.
Taxonomy
[edit]Facelina quatrefagesi was considered as a synonym of Caloria elegans, but it is morphologically very similar and different valid species.[2]
Description
[edit]The size of the body varies between 20 mm and 35 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs in European waters from the British Isles to the Mediterranean Sea; also off the Canary Islands, the Azores and Madeira.
References
[edit]- ^ Gofas, S. (2004). Caloria elegans. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139906 on 2017-10-07
- ^ 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)". Sci. Mar. 80(4): 511-520. doi:10.3989/scimar.04479.09A.
- Alder J. & Hancock A., 1845: Notice of a new genus and several new species of nudibranchiate Mollusca; Annals and Magazine of Natural History 16: 311-316
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: pp. 180–213.
External links
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- "Caloria elegans". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.