''Kynaria cynara'' is a
species of
sea slug, an aeolid
nudibranch, a
marine
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusc
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is esti ...
in the family
Flabellinidae.
[Bouchet, P. (2015)]
''Flabellina cynara'' (Marcus & Marcus, 1967).
In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-26
Distribution
This species was described from the
Gulf of California. It was redescribed from further material from the Pacific coast of Mexico.
It has been reported as far south as
Peru.
[Hermosillo, A., 2002 (March 30]
''Flabellina cynara'' (Marcus and Marcus, 1967).
n/nowiki> Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
Description
The description of ''Flabellina fogata'' includes a table comparing similar species from Mexico.
[Millen S. & Hermosillo A. (2007) The genus ''Flabellina'' Voight, 1834 (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia) from Bahia de Banderas (Pacific coast of Mexico) with ecological observations, the description of a new species, and the redescription of ''Flabellina cynara''. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences ser.4, 58(26): 543-559. page(s): 556]
References
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Flabellinidae
Gastropods described in 1967