Limacia

Limacia is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Polyceridae.[1]

Limacia
Limacia clavigera grazing on the bryozoan Membranipora membranacea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Polyceroidea
Family: Polyceridae
Subfamily: Triophinae
Genus: Limacia
Muller, 1781
Synonyms
  • Euphurus Rafinesque, 1815
  • Laila MacFarland, 1905

Species

Species within the genus Limacia include:[2]

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gollark: I forgot how to make it treat channels as serious discussion.
gollark: They are quite clearly hostile to it.
gollark: Palaiologos has not seemingly improved in the past few hundred microyears.

References

  1. Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).
  2. MolluscaBase (2019). Limacia O. F. Müller, 1781. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2019-02-01.
  3. Uribe R.A., Sepúlveda F., Goddard J.H.R. & Valdés Á. (2017). Integrative systematics of the genus Limacia O. F. Müller, 1781 (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia, Nudibranchia, Polyceridae) in the Eastern Pacific. Marine Biodiversity. DOI 10.1007/s12526-017-0676-5
  4. Caballer Gutiérrez, M., Almón Pazos, B., Pérez Dieste, J., (2015) The sea slug genus Limacia Müller, 1781 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) in Europe. Cahiers de Biologie Marine 57:35-42.


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