''Actinocyclus'' is a
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of
sea slug
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s, dorid
nudibranch
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s, shell-less
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gastropod
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mollusc
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s in the family
Actinocyclidae
Actinocyclidae is a family of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Doridoidea. This family is within the clade Euctenidiacea.
Taxonomy
Genera within the family Actinocyclidae include:
* ''Actinocyclus'' E ...
,
[Rosenberg, G. (2012). ''Actinocyclus'' Ehrenberg, 1831. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196347 on 2012-06-06] and was first described by
Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg
Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg (19 April 1795 – 27 June 1876) was a German naturalist, zoologist, comparative anatomist, geologist, and microscopist. Ehrenberg was an evangelist and was considered to be of the most famous and productive scie ...
in 1831.
Species
Species in the genus ''Actinocyclus'' include:
WoRMS : ''Actinocyclus''
/ref>[http://www.seaslugforum.net/search.cfm?searchstring=Actinocyclus]Actinocyclus papillatus
''Actinocyclus papillatus'' is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Actinocyclidae
Actinocyclidae is a family of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Dorid ...
'' (Bergh
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, 1878)
* ''Actinocyclus verrucosus
''Actinocyclus verrucosus'' is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Actinocyclidae.
Distribution
This species was described from Massawa, Eritrea, Red Sea
The Red Sea ( ar, البحر الأ ...
'' Ehrenberg, 1831
See also
* ''Actinocyclus'' Ehrenberg, 1837, a genus of diatom
A diatom (Neo-Latin ''diatoma''), "a cutting through, a severance", from el, διάτομος, diátomos, "cut in half, divided equally" from el, διατέμνω, diatémno, "to cut in twain". is any member of a large group comprising sev ...
s in the family Hemidiscaceae.
References
External links
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Actinocyclidae
Gastropod genera
Taxa named by Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg
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