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| Capellinia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Aeolidacea |
| Family: | Eubranchidae |
| Genus: | Capellinia Trinchese, 1873[1] |
| Type species | |
| Capellinia doriae Trinchese, 1874 | |
Capellinia is a genus of sea slugs, specifically of aeolid nudibranchs in the family Eubranchidae.[2]
Species
[edit]According to Korshunova et al. (2025), species in this genus include[3]:
- Capellinia doriae Trinchese, 1874
- Capellinia fustifera Lovén, 1846
- Capellinia vittata Alder & Hancock, 1842
Additional taxa within Capellinia not provided with an alternate designation by Korshunova et al. (2025) include[2]:
- Capellinia prietoi Llera & Ortea, 1981
- Capellinia steinbecki Behrens, 1987
- Taxon inquirendum
- Capellinia fuscannulata K. P. Rao, 1968
- Species brought into synonymy
- Capellinia capellinii (Trinchese, 1879): synonym of Eubranchus capellinii (Trinchese, 1879) (synonym)
- Capellinia conicla Er. Marcus, 1958: synonym of Eubranchus conicla (Er. Marcus, 1958) (original combination)
- Capellinia rustya Marcus, 1961: synonym of Eubranchus rustyus (Er. Marcus, 1961)
References
[edit]- ↑ Anonymous. (1873). 19ª Sessione ordinaria, 3 aprile 1873 [preliminary presentation of Trinchese's Memoir to be published in 1874, making some names available]. Rendiconto delle sessioni della R. Accademia delle scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna, Classe di scienze fisiche. 1872-1873: 133-134.
- 1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Capellinia Trinchese, 1873. Accessed on 2021-04-09.
- ↑ Korshunova T.; Fletcher K.; Martynov A. (2025). The endless forms are the most differentiated—how taxonomic pseudo-optimization masked natural diversity and evolution: the nudibranch case Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, Volume 204, Issue 4, August 2025, zlaf057,
- Martynov A.V. (1998). Opisthobranch mollusks (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia) of the family Eubranchidae: Taxonomy and two new species from the Sea of Japan [in Russian]. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal. 77(7): 763-777