Caloria quatrefagesi

Caloria quatrefagesi is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae.[2]

Caloria quatrefagesi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Family: Facelinidae
Genus: Caloria
Species:
C. quatrefagesi
Binomial name
Caloria quatrefagesi
Synonyms

Acanthopsole quatrefagesi Vayssière, 1888

Taxonomy

Caloria elegans is morphologically very similar to Facelina quatrefagesi.[3] Facelina quatrefagesi was considered as a synonym of Caloria elegans, but a combination of DNA evidence and morphological comparison resulted in them being recognised as separate valid species.[3] The species was transferred to the genus Caloria in 2021.[4]

Distribution

This species was described from the Rade de Villefranche-sur-Mer, France.[1]

Description

The typical adult size of this species is 15 mm.[5]

References
  1. Vayssière A. (1888). Recherches zoologiques et anatomiques sur les mollusques opisthobranches du Golfe de Marseille pt. 2. Nudibranches (Cirrobranches) et Ascoglosses. Annales du Musée d'Histoire Naturelle de Marseille 3 (4): 1-160.
  2. Gofas, S. (2014). Caloria quatrefagesi (Vayssière, 1888). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2022-10-09.
  3. Furfaro G., Mariottini P., Modica M. V., Trainito E., Doneddu M. & Oliverio M. (2016). "Sympatric sibling species: the case of Caloria elegans and Facelina quatrefagesi (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia)". Scientia Marina 80(4): 511-520. doi:10.3989/scimar.04479.09A.
  4. Ellis-Diamond, D. C.; Picton, B. E.; Tibiriçá, Y.; Sigwart, J. D. (2021). A new species of Sakuraeolis from Mozambique, described using 3D reconstruction of anatomy and phylogenetic analysis. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 87(2): DOI 10.1093/mollus/eyab010.
  5. João Pedro Silva OPK 2015. Facelina quatrefagesi (Portugal)
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