Actinocyclidae Explained

Actinocyclidae is a family of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Doridoidea. This family is within the clade Euctenidiacea.^{[1] [2]}

Taxonomy

Genera within the family Actinocyclidae include:

• Actinocyclus Ehrenberg, 1831^[3] - the type genus
  • Actinocyclus papillatus (Bergh, 1878)
  • Actinocyclus verrucosus Ehrenberg, 1831^{[4] [5]}
• Hallaxa Eliot, 1909
  • Hallaxa albopunctata Gosliner & S. Johnson, 1994
  • Hallaxa apefae Marcus, 1957
  • Hallaxa atrotuberculata Gosliner & S. Johnson, 1994
  • Hallaxa chani Gosliner & Williams, 1975
  • Hallaxa cryptica Gosliner & Johnson, 1994
  • Hallaxa decorata Bergh, 1905
  • Hallaxa elongata Gosliner & S. Johnson, 1994
  • Hallaxa fuscescens Pease, 1871
  • Hallaxa gilva Miller, 1987
  • Hallaxa hileenae Gosliner & Johnson, 1994
  • Hallaxa iju Gosliner & Johnson, 1994
  • Hallaxa indecora (Bergh, 1877)
  • Hallaxa michaeli Gosliner & Johnson, 1994
  • Hallaxa paulinae Gosliner & Johnson, 1994
  • Hallaxa translucens Gosliner & S. Johnson, 1994

Each genus also has a synonym. Sphaerodoris is a synonym for Actinocyclus^[6] and Halla is a synonym for Hallaxa

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase (2018). Actinocyclidae O'Donoghue, 1929. Retrieved 2019-02-02.
2. Bouchet, P. . Rocroi, J.-P. . 2005 . Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families . Malacologia . 47 . 1–2 .
3. MolluscaBase (2018). Actinocyclus Ehrenberg, 1831. Accessed on 2019-02-02.
4. Valdés. A.. 2002. Review of the genus Actinocyclus Ehrenberg, 1831 (Opisthobranchia: Doridoidea). The Veliger. California Malacozoological Society. 45. 3. 193–202. 0042-3211.
5. Web site: Steve . 2009-12-19 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090725200132/http://www.seaslug.com/Resources/systemat.html . 2009-07-25 .
6. MolluscaBase (2018). Sphaerodoris Bergh, 1877. Accessed on 2019-02-02.