Cratena Explained

Cratena is a genus of sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Facelinidae.^[1]

Cratena is the type genus of the subfamily Crateninae.

Species

Species within the genus Cratena include:

• Cratena affinis (Baba, 1949)
• Cratena capensis Barnard, 1927 - orange-eyed nudibranch
• Cratena lineata Eliot, 1905
• Cratena minor Padula, Araújo, Matthews-Cascon & Schrödl, 2014
• Cratena pawarshindeorum Bharate, Padula, Apte & Shimpi, 2020
• Cratena peregrina (Gmelin, 1791)
• Cratena pilata (Gould, 1870)
• Cratena poshitraensis Bharate, Padula, Apte & Shimpi, 2020
• Cratena scintilla Ortea & Moro, 1998
• Cratena simba Edmunds, 1970
• Cratena tema Edmunds, 2015

Taxa inquirenda:

• Cratena cornuta (Risbec, 1928)
• Cratena diffusa (Risbec, 1928)
• Cratena grisea (Risbec, 1928)

Species brought into synonymy:

• Cratena anulata Baba, 1949: synonym of Cuthona anulata (Baba, 1949)
• Cratena cavanca Bergh, 1898: synonym of Phidiana lottini (Lesson, 1831)
• Cratena exigua Thiele, 1912: synonym of Cuthona georgiana (Pfeffer in Martens & Pfeffer, 1886)
• Cratena fructuosa Bergh, 1892: synonym of Cuthona fructuosa (Bergh, 1892)
• Cratena genovae O'Donoghue, 1929: synonym of Cuthona genovae (O'Donoghue, 1929)
• Cratena gymnota (Couthouy, 1838): synonym of Cuthona gymnota (Couthouy, 1838)
• Cratena hirsuta Bergh, 1864: synonym of Cuthona nana (Alder & Hancock, 1842)
• Cratena kaoruae Marcus, 1957: synonym of Cratena pilata (Gould, 1870)^[2]
• Cratena lugubris Bergh, 1870: synonym of Phestilla lugubris (Bergh, 1870)
• Cratena macphersonae Burn, 1962: synonym of Phyllodesmium macphersonae (Burn, 1962)
• Cratena nigricolora Baba, 1955: synonym of Catriona nigricolora (Baba, 1955)
• Cratena pinnifera Baba, 1949: synonym of Catriona pinnifera (Baba, 1949)
• Cratena piutaensis Ortea, Caballer & Espinosa, 2003: synonym of Anetarca piutaensis (Ortea, Caballer & Espinosa, 2003)
• Cratena puellula Baba, 1955: synonym of Cuthona puellula (Baba, 1955)
• Cratena pusilla Bergh, 1898: synonym of Cuthona pusilla (Bergh, 1898)
• Cratena valentini Eliot, 1907: synonym of Cuthona valentini (Eliot, 1907)
• Cratena venusta Baba, 1949: synonym of Catriona venusta (Baba, 1949)
• Cratena veronicae A. E. Verrill, 1880: synonym of Cuthona veronicae (A. E. Verrill, 1880)
• Cratena vittata (Alder & Hancock, 1842): synonym of Eubranchus vittatus (Alder & Hancock, 1842)
• Cratena yatsui Baba, 1930: synonym of Herviella yatsui (Baba, 1930)

References

• Bergh R. 1864. Anatomiske bidrag til kundskab om Aeolidierne. Det Kongelige Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter, Naturvidenskabelige og Mathematiske Afdeling, 7: 139–316
• ICZN. (1966). Opinion 776. Cratena Bergh, 1864 (Gastropoda): Added to the Official List of Generic Names. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 23: 93-94
• Paper on nomenclature

Notes and References

1. Bouchet, P. (2012). Cratena. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=146861 on 2012-07-22
2. Marcus, E. du B.-R. 1957: Notes on some opisthobranch gastropods from the Chesapeake Bay. Chesapeake science, 13(4): 300-317. JSTOR