Ancula Explained

Ancula is a genus of sea slugs, specifically dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Goniodorididae.^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Ancula include:^[2]

• Ancula espinosai Ortea, 2001^[3]
• Ancula evelinae Er. Marcus, 1961^[4]
• Ancula fuegiensis Odhner, 1926^[5]
• Ancula gibbosa (Risso, 1818) - originally described as Tritonia gibbosa Risso, 1818
• Ancula kariyana Baba, 1990
• Ancula lentiginosa Farmer & Sloan, 1964
• Ancula mapae (Burn, 1961)
• Ancula sp. Giraffe spot nudibranch^[6]

Species names which are currently considered to be synonyms:

• Ancula cristata (Alder, 1841)^[7] accepted as Ancula gibbosa (Risso, 1818)
• Ancula pacifica MacFarland, 1964 accepted as Ancula gibbosa (Risso, 1818)
• Ancula sulphurea Stimpson, 1853 accepted as Ancula gibbosa (Risso, 1818)

References

• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.

Notes and References

1. Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). Ancula Lovén, 1846. In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138038 on 2016-05-23
2. Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2014). Ancula Lovén, 1846. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138038 on 2014-12-08
3. Ortea, J.. Descripción de una nueva especie de Ancula Loven, 1846. Avicenna Supplemento. 2001. 4. 49.
4. Marcus, E.. Opisthobranchia from North Carolina. Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society. 1961. 77. 141–151.
5. Odhner, N.H.. Die Opisthobranchien.. Further Zoological Results of the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1903. 1926. 2. 1. 1–100.
6. Gosliner, T.M. (1987). Nudibranchs of Southern Africa
7. Alder, J.. Observations on the genus Polycera of Cuvier, with descriptions of two new British species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 1841. 6. 38. 337–342. 10.1080/03745484109442937. Joshua Alder.