Phidiana Explained

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

Species

Species within the genus Phidiana include:

• Phidiana adiuncta Ortea, Caballer & Moro, 2004
• Phidiana anulifera (Baba, 1949)
• Phidiana bourailli (Risbec, 1928)
• Phidiana hiltoni (O'Donoghue, 1927)
• Phidiana lascrucensis Bertsch & Ferreira, 1974
• Phidiana lottini (Lesson, 1831)
• Phidiana lynceus Bergh, 1867
• Phidiana mariadelmarae Garcia F. & Troncoso, 1999
• Phidiana militaris (Alder & Hancock, 1864)
• Phidiana milleri Rudman, 1980
• Phidiana mimica Padula, Wirtz & Schrödl, 2017
• Phidiana patagonica (d'Orbigny, 1836)
• Phidiana pegasus Willan, 1987
• Phidiana riosi Garcia & Troncoso, 2003
• Phidiana salaamica Rudman, 1980
• Phidiana semidecora (Pease, 1860)
• Phidiana unilineata (Alder & Hancock, 1864)

Species brought into synonymy:

• Phidiana attenuata Couthouy, 1852: synonym of Phidiana lottini (Lesson, 1831)
• Phidiana bouraili [sic]: synonym of Phidiana bourailli (Risbec, 1928)
• Phidiana bourrailli [sic]: synonym of Phidiana bourailli (Risbec, 1928)
• Phidiana brevicauda Engel, 1925: synonym of Phidiana lynceus Bergh, 1867
• Phidiana crassicornis (Eschscholtz, 1831): synonym of Hermissenda crassicornis (Eschscholtz, 1831)
• Phidiana exigua Bergh, 1898: synonym of Phidiana lottini (Lesson, 1831)
• Phidiana indica: synonym of Caloria indica^[2]
• Phidiana longicirrha Eliot, 1906: synonym of Pruvotfolia longicirrha (Eliot, 1906) (original combination)
• Phidiana nigra MacFarland, 1966: synonym of Phidiana hiltoni (O'Donoghue, 1927)
• Phidiana pugnax Lance, 1961: synonym of Phidiana hiltoni (O'Donoghue, 1927)
• Phidiana selencae Bergh, 1879: synonym of Phidiana lynceus Bergh, 1867

References

• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
• Edmunds, M. (2015). Opisthobranchiate Mollusca from Ghana: Facelinidae. Journal of Conchology. 42(2): 125-161

External links

• Gray, J. E. (1850). (text). In: Gray, M. E., Figures of molluscous animals, selected from various authors. Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, London. Vol. 4, iv + 219 pp. (August)

Notes and References

1. WoRMS (2009). Phidiana Gray, 1850. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2009) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137635 on 5 June 2012
2. Gofas, S. (2009). Caloria indica (Bergh, 1896). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2009) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=181240 on 2010-05-18