''Ercolania'' is a
genus
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of small
sacoglossa
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sea slug
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s, shell-less
marine
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opisthobranch
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gastropod
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mollusk
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s in the family
Limapontiidae
Limapontiidae is a taxonomic family of small to minute sacoglossan sea slugs. These are marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011). Limapontiidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marines ...
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[MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Ercolania Trinchese, 1872. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138523 on 2020-11-05]
Species
Species within the genus ''Ercolania'' include 24 valid species:
[Jensen K. R. (November 2007)]
"Biogeography of the Sacoglossa (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia)"
. ''Bonner zoologische Beiträge
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'' 55(2006)(3-4): 255–281.
* ''
Ercolania annelyleorum''
Wagele, Stemmer, Burghardt & Handeler, 2010[Wagele, H., Stemmer, K., Burghardt, I., & Handeler, K. (2010). "Two new sacoglossan sea slug species (Opisthobranchia, Gastropoda): ''Ercolania annelyleorum'' sp. nov. (Limapontioidea) and ''Elysia asbecki'' sp. nov. (Plakobranchoidea), with notes on anatomy, histology and biology." '']Zootaxa
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'' 2676 (2010): 1-28.
* ''
Ercolania boodleae''
(Baba, 1938)
* ''
Ercolania coerulea''
Trinchese, 1892
* ''
Ercolania endophytophaga''
K. R. Jensen, 1999
* ''
Ercolania erbsus''
(Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1970)
* ''
Ercolania evelinae
''Ercolania'' is a genus of small sacoglossan sea slugs, shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Limapontiidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Ercolania Trinchese, 1872. Accessed through: World Register of Mar ...
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(Marcus, 1959)
* ''
Ercolania felina''
(Hutton, 1882)
* ''
Ercolania fuscata
''Ercolania'' is a genus of small sacoglossan sea slugs, shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Limapontiidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Ercolania Trinchese, 1872. Accessed through: World Register of Mar ...
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(Gould, 1870)
* ''
Ercolania gopalai
''Ercolania'' is a genus of small sacoglossan sea slugs, shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Limapontiidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Ercolania Trinchese, 1872. Accessed through: World Register of Mar ...
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(Rao, 1937)
* ''
Ercolania halophilae
''Ercolania'' is a genus of small sacoglossan sea slugs, shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Limapontiidae. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Ercolania Trinchese, 1872. Accessed through: World Register of Mar ...
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K. R. Jensen, Kohnert, Bendell & Schrödl, 2014
* ''
Ercolania irregularis''
(Eliot, 1904)
* ''
Ercolania kencolesi
''Ercolania kencolesi'' is a species of sacoglossan sea slug, a shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Limapontiidae
Limapontiidae is a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), family of small to minute sac ...
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Grzymbowski, Stemmer & Wagele, 2007[Grzymbowski, Y., Stemmer, K. & Wagele, H. (2007). "On a new ''Ercolania'' Trinchese, 1872 (Opisthobranchia, Sacoglossa, Limapontiidae) living within ''Boergesenia'' Feldmann, 1950 (Cladophorales), with notes on anatomy, histology and biology". '']Zootaxa
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* ''
Ercolania lozanoi''
Ortea, 1981
* ''
Ercolania margaritae''
Burn, 1974
* ''
Ercolania nigra''
(Lemche, 1936)
* ''
Ercolania pica''
(Annandale & Prashad, 1922)
* ''
Ercolania raorum''
(Marcus & Marcus, 1970)
* ''
Ercolania selva''
Ortea & Espinosa, 2001
* ''
Ercolania subviridis''
(Baba, 1959)
* ''
Ercolania talis''
(Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1956)
* ''
Ercolania tentaculata''
(Eliot, 1917)
* ''
Ercolania translucens''
Jensen, 1993
* ''
Ercolania varians''
(Eliot, 1904)
* ''
Ercolania viridis''
(A. Costa, 1866)
* ''
Ercolania zanzibarica''
Eliot, 1903
;Species brought into synonymy include:
* ''Ercolania costai''
Pruvot-Fol, 1951
* ''Ercolania cricetae''
(Marcus & Marcus, 1970)
* ''Ercolania emarginata''
Jensen, 1985
* ''Ercolania funerea''
(Costa, 1867)
* ''Ercolania nigrovittata''
(A. Costa, 1866)
* ''Ercolania nigrovittata''
(Rao & Rao, 1963)
* ''Ercolania pancerii''
Trinchese, 1872
* ''
Ercolania siottii''
Trinchese, 1872
* ''Ercolania trinchesii''
Pruvot-Fol, 1951
* ''Ercolania uziellii''
Trinchese, 1872
* ''Ercolania vanellus''
Marcus, 1957
References
* Trinchese S. (1872). Un nuovo genere della famiglia degli eolidei Ercolania Trinchese. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 2: 86-132 + 10p
* Ortea, J., 1982. Moluscos Opistobranquios de las Islas Canarias. Boletín del Instituto Español de Oceanografía 6(327): 180-199
* Jensen, K.R. (2007). Biogeography of the Sacoglossa (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia). Bonner Zoologische Beiträge. 55: 255–281.
Limapontiidae
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