Pteraeolidia
Encyclopedia
Pteraeolidia is a genus
of sea slug
s, aeolid nudibranch
s, marine
gastropod mollusc in the family
Glaucidae
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Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of sea slug
Slug
Slug is a common name that is normally applied to any gastropod mollusc that lacks a shell, has a very reduced shell, or has a small internal shell...
s, aeolid nudibranch
Nudibranch
A nudibranch is a member of what is now a taxonomic clade, and what was previously a suborder, of soft-bodied, marine gastropod mollusks which shed their shell after their larval stage. They are noted for their often extraordinary colors and striking forms...
s, marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
gastropod mollusc in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Glaucidae
Glaucidae
Glaucidae is a taxonomic family of colorful sea slugs. These are specifically aeolid nudibranchs. They are marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Aeolidioidea.-Genera and species:Genera and species within the family Glaucidae include:...
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Species
Species within the genus Pteraeolidia include:- Pteraeolidia annulata Eliot, 1910 - synonym: Indocratena annulata (Eliot, 1910)
- Pteraeolidia ianthinaPteraeolidia ianthinaPteraeolidia ianthina is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Glaucidae.-Distribution:...
(Angas, 1864) - synonyms: Flabellina iantina Angas, 1864, Flabellina scolopendrella Risbec, 1928 - Pteraeolidia semperi (Bergh, 1870) - synonym of the accepted name Pteraeolidia ianthina, synonym: Flabellina semperi Bergh, 1870
Further reading
- Bergh, L. S. R. 1890. Die cladohepatischen Nudibranchien. Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abtheilung für Systematik Geographie und Biologie der Thiere 5:1-75.
- Bergh, L. S. R. 1892. Malacologische Untersuchungen. In: Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen von Dr. Carl Gottfried Semper. Zweiter Theil. Wissenschaftliche Resultate. Band 2, Theil 3, Heft 18, pp. 995-1165.
- Bergh, L. S. R. 1905a. Die Opisthobranchiata der Siboga-Expedition. Monographie 50, pp. 1-248, pls. 1-20.
- Thiele, J. 1992. Handbook of Systematic Malacology, part 2 (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia and Pulmonata). Scientific editors of Translation: Rüdiger Bieler & Paula M. Mikkelsen. xiv + 1189 pp. Smithsonian Institution Libraries & National Science Foundation, Washington, D. C. ; page 748