Amphorina farrani

Amphorina farrani
Plate from Alder & Hancock (1845-1855)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Superfamily: Fionoidea
Family: Eubranchidae
Genus: Amphorina
Species:
A. farrani
Binomial name
Amphorina farrani
(Alder & Hancock, 1844)[1]
Synonyms
  • Aeolis adelaidae Thompson, 1860
  • Amphorina alberti Quatrefages, 1844
  • Cavolina farrani (Alder & Hancock, 1844)
  • Eolidia flavescens Risso, 1826
  • Eolis adelaidae Thompson W., 1859
  • Eolis andreapolis MacIntosh, 1865
  • Eolis farrani Alder & Hancock, 1844 (basionym)
  • Eolis robertianae MacIntosh, 1865
  • Galvina farrani (Alder & Hancock, 1844)
  • Galvina flava Trinchese, 1879

Amphorina farrani is a species of sea slug or nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Eubranchidae.[2] Several species of Eubranchus were transferred to Amphorina in 2020.[3]

Distribution

This species was described from Malahide, Ireland.[1] It has also been reported from the Atlantic coast of Norway and the Baltic Sea south to the Mediterranean Sea.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ a b Alder, Joshua; Hancock, Albany (1844). "Description of a new genus of nudibranchiate Mollusca, with some new species of Eolis". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 13 (83): 161–167 [164].
  2. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Amphorina farrani (Alder & Hancock, 1844). Accessed on 2020-04-04.
  3. ^ Korshunova, Tatiana; Malmberg, Klas; Prkić, Jakov; Petani, Alen; Fletcher, Karin; Lundin, Kennet; Martynov, Alexander (2020). "Fine-scale species delimitation: Speciation in process and periodic patterns in nudibranch diversity". ZooKeys (917): 15–50. Bibcode:2020ZooK..917...15K. doi:10.3897/zookeys.917.47444. PMC 7076062. PMID 32206016.
  4. ^ Rudman, W.B., 2003 (October 14) Eubranchus farrani (Alder & Hancock, 1844). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  5. ^ Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C. (2015). Eubranchus farrani (Alder & Hancock, 1844). [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland. Accessed on 2015-12-27.