Embletonia
(Redirected from Embletonioidea)
| Embletonia | |
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| Embletonia gracilis | |
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| Embletonia pulchra | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Aeolidacea |
| Superfamily: | Embletonioidea Pruvot-Fol, 1954 |
| Family: | Embletoniidae Pruvot-Fol, 1954 |
| Genus: | Embletonia Alder & Hancock, 1851 |
| Type species | |
| Pterochilus pulcher Alder & Hancock, 1844 | |
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Embletonia is a genus of nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs or sea slugs. It is the only genus in the monotypic family Embletoniidae, itself the only member of the superfamily Embletonioidea.[1][2]
Taxonomy
[edit]The genus Embletonia and its parent family and superfamily were named after the British naturalist Dennis Embleton (1810-1900). Two genera are recognised:[1]
- Embletonia gracilis Risbec, 1928
- Embletonia pulchra (Alder & Hancock, 1844)
Distribution and habitat
[edit]Species of the genus have a cosmopolitan distribution.[3]
References
[edit]- 1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Embletonia Alder & Hancock, 1851. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138544 on 2022-12-03
- ↑ Korshunova, Tatiana; Fletcher, Karin; Martynov, Alexander (2025-08-01). "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. 204 (4). doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf057. ISSN 0024-4082.
- ↑ "Embletonia Alder & Hancock, 1851". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
External links
[edit]- Alder, J.; Hancock, A. (1844). Descriptions of Pterochilus, a new genus of nudibranchiate Mollusca, and two new species of Doris. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 14: 329-331.
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213
- ICZN. (1966). Opinion 782. Embletonia Alder & Hancock, 1851 (Gastropoda): Validated under the plenary powers. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 23: 106-107