Amphorina farrani

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]

Amphorina farrani
Plate from Alder & Hancock (1845-1855)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia
clade Aeolidida
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

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. Alder J. & Hancock A. (1844). Description of a new genus of nudibranchiate Mollusca, with some new species of Eolis. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 13: 161-167, pages 164-5. page(s): 164
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Amphorina farrani (Alder & Hancock, 1844). Accessed on 2020-04-04.
  3. Korshunova, T.; Malmberg, K.; Prkić, J.; Petani, A.; Fletcher, K.; Lundin, K.; Martynov, A. (2020). Fine-scale species delimitation: speciation in process and periodic patterns in nudibranch diversity. ZooKeys. 917: 15-50.
  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.
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