Facelinidae Explained

The Facelinidae are a taxonomic family of colorful sea slugs. These are specifically aeolid nudibranchs. They are marine gastropod molluscs.^[1]

Taxonomy

2005 taxonomy

This family consists of the following subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005):

• Facelininae Bergh, 1889 - synonyms: Caloriidae Odhner, 1968; Phidianidae Odhner, 1968; Pruvotfoliinae Tardy, 1970
• Babakininae Roller, 1973^[2] - synonym: Babainidae Roller, 1972 (inv.)^[3]
• Crateninae Bergh, 1889^[4] - synonym: Rizzoliinae Odhner, 1939 (inv.)
• Favorininae Bergh, 1889^[5] - synonyms: Myrrhinidae Bergh, 1905; Phyllodesmiinae Thiele, 1931; Facalaninae Er. Marcus, 1958^[6]
• Herviellinae Burn, 1967^[7]
• Pteraeolidiinae Risbec, 1953^[8]

2007 taxonomy

Gosliner et al. (2007)^[9] have elevated subfamily Babakininae to family level Babakinidae.

Genera

Genera and species within the family Facelinidae include:

Subfamily Facelininae

• Facelina Alder & Hancock, 1855 - type genus of the family Facelinidae
• Caloria Trinchese, 1888
• Facelinopsis Pruvot-Fol, 1954
  • Facelinopsis marioni (Vayssière, 1888)
  • Facelinopsis pacodelucia Ortea, Moro & Caballer, 2014
• Moridilla Bergh, 1888 (nomen dubium)
  • Moridilla brockii (nomen dubium)
• Pruvotfolia Tardy, 1969
  • Pruvotfolia longicirrha (Eliot, 1906)
  • Pruvotfolia pselliotes (Labbé, 1923)
  • Pruvotfolia rochebruni Ortea, Moro & Caballer, 2002

Subfamily Crateninae

• Amanda Macnae, 1954
• Cratena Bergh, 1864 - type genus of the subfamily Crateninae

Subfamily Favorininae

• Dicata Schmekel, 1967
• Favorinus M.E. Gray, 1850 - type genus of the subfamily Favorininae
• Sakuraeolis Baba, 1965

Subfamily Herviellinae

• Herviella Baba, 1949 - type genus of the subfamily Herviellinae

Subfamily Pteraeolidiinae

• Pteraeolidia Bergh, 1875 - type genus of the subfamily Pteraeolidiinae

Subfamily Incertae sedis

• Adfacelina Millen & Hermosillo, 2012
  • Adfacelina medinai Millen & Hermosillo, 2012
• Algarvia Garcia-Gomez & Cervera, 1989
  • Algarvia alba Garcia-Gomez & Cervera, 1989
• Anetarca Gosliner, 1991
  • Anetarca armata Gosliner, 1991
  • Anetarca brasiliana García & Troncoso, 2004^[10]
  • Anetarca piutaensis (Ortea, Caballer & Espinosa, 2003)
• Antonietta Schmekel, 1966
• Austraeolis Burn, 1962
• Bajaeolis Gosliner & Behrens, 1986
  • Bajaeolis bertschi Gosliner & Behrens, 1986
• Echinopsole Macnae, 1954
  • Echinopsole breviceratae Burn, 1962
  • Echinopsole fulvus Macnae, 1954
• Emarcusia Roller, 1972
  • Emarcusia morroensis Roller, 1972
• Hermosita Gosliner & Behrens, 1986
  • Hermosita hakunamatata (Ortea, Caballer & Espinosa, 2003)
  • Hermosita sangria Gosliner & Behrens, 1986
• Jason Miller, 1974
• Learchis Bergh, 1896
• Nanuca Er. Marcus, 1957^[11]
  • Nanuca sebastiani Er. Marcus, 1957
• Noumeaella Risbec, 1937
• Palisa Edmunds, 1964
  • Palisa papillata Edmunds, 1964
• Pauleo Millen & Hamann, 1992
  • Pauleo jubatus Millen & Hamann, 1992
• Phidiana Gray, 1850
• Setoeolis Baba & Hamatani 1965
  • Setoeolis inconspicua (Baba, 1938)

----Subfamilies and genera brought into synonymy:

• Acanthopsole Trinchese, 1874: synonym of Facelina Alder & Hancock, 1855
• Ennoia Bergh, 1896: synonym of Phyllodesmium Ehrenberg, 1831
• Subfamily Facalaninae: synonym of Favorininae
• Facelinella Pruvot-Fol, 1951: synonym of Facelinopsis Pruvot-Fol, 1954
• Facelinella Baba, 1949: synonym of Facelina Alder & Hancock, 1855
• Matharena Bergh in Mörch, 1871: synonym of Favorinus M. E. Gray, 1850
• Morildilla [sic] : synonym of Moridilla Bergh, 1888
• Muessa Er. Marcus, 1965: synonym of Facelina Alder & Hancock, 1855
• Subfamily Pruvotfoliinae: synonym of Facelininae
• Rizzolia Trinchese, 1877: synonym of Cratena Bergh, 1864
• Rolandia Pruvot-Fol, 1951 invalid: junior homonym of Rolandia Lacaze-Duthiers, 1900: synonym of Pruvotfolia Tardy, 1969
• Subfamily Rizzoliinae: synonym of Crateninae

References

• Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp.
• http://www.catalogueoflife.org accessed 18 November 2009
• http://www.seaslugforum.net accessed 18 November 2009

Notes and References

1. Bouchet, P. (2012). Facelinidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=191 on 2012-07-22
2. [Richard A. Roller|Roller R. A.]
3. [Richard A. Roller|Roller R. A.]
4. Bergh R. 1889. In: Carus J. V. Crateninae is on the page 209.
5. Bergh R. 1889. In: Carus J. V. Favorininae is on the page 212.
6. [Ernst Gustav Gotthelf Marcus|Marcus E. G. G.]
7. Burn. (31 December) 1967. Malacologia, 6(1-2): 228.
8. Risbec. 1953. Faune de l'Union Française, 15: 161.
9. Gosliner T. M., Gonzáles-Duarte M. M. & Cervera J. L. (2007). "Revision of the systematics of Babakina Roller, 1973 (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia) with the description of a new species and a phylogenetic analysis". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 151(4): 671-689. .
10. Francisco J. Garcia. Jesus S. Troncoso. A new species of the genus Anetarca Gosliner 1991 (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia, Facelinidae) from the Western Atlantic Ocean. The Nautilus. 2004. 118. 4. 139–143. 1 August 2009. 14 June 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120614081826/http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=16378335. dead.
11. WoRMS (2010). Nanuca Marcus, 1957. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2012-06-05