''Pteraeolidia'' is a
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of
sea slug
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s, aeolid
nudibranchs,
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gastropod
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mollusc
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s in the
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Facelinidae
The Facelinidae are a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), family of colorful sea slugs. These are specifically aeolid nudibranchs. They are marine (ocean), marine gastropod molluscs.Bouchet, P. (2012). Facelinidae. Accessed through: W ...
.
[Bouchet, P. (2015)]
''Pteraeolidia''.
In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-07
Species
Species within the genus ''Pteraeolidia'' include:
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Pteraeolidia annulata
''Pteraeolidia'' is a genus of sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Facelinidae.Bouchet, P. (2015)''Pteraeolidia''.In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-07
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Eliot, 1910 - synonym: ''Indocratena annulata''
(Eliot, 1910)
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Pteraeolidia ianthina
''Pteraeolidia ianthina'' is a sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch in the family Facelinidae.Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.); Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdes A. & Warén A. 2005. ''Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families''. Mala ...
''
(Angas, 1864) - synonyms: ''Flabellina ianthina''
Angas, 1864, ''Flabellina scolopendrella''
Risbec, 1928
* ''
Pteraeolidia semperi''
(Bergh, 1870) - synonym: ''Flabellina semperi''
Bergh, 1870
A recent study suggests that there are many species of ''Pteraeolidia'' in the Indo-Pacific region.
[Wilson N.G. & Burghardt I. (2015)]
Here be dragons – phylogeography of ''Pteraeolidia ianthina'' (Angas, 1864) reveals multiple species of photosynthetic nudibranchs (Aeolidina: Nudibranchia).
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 175(1): 119-133.
References
Further reading
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* Bergh, L. S. R. 1890. Die cladohepatischen Nudibranchien. Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abtheilung für Systematik Geographie und Biologie der Thiere 5:1-75.
* Bergh, L. S. R. 1892. Malacologische Untersuchungen. In: Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen von Dr. Carl Gottfried Semper. Zweiter Theil. Wissenschaftliche Resultate. Band 2, Theil 3, Heft 18, pp. 995–1165.
* Bergh, L. S. R. 1905a. Die Opisthobranchiata der Siboga-Expedition. Monographie 50, pp. 1–248, pls. 1-20.
* Thiele, J. 1992. Handbook of Systematic Malacology, part 2 (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia and Pulmonata). Scientific editors of Translation: Rüdiger Bieler & Paula M. Mikkelsen. xiv + 1189 pp. Smithsonian Institution Libraries & National Science Foundation, Washington, D. C. ; page 748
* Vaught, K.C. (1989). ''A classification of the living Mollusca''. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp
Facelinidae
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