Abronica

Abronica
Abronica abronia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Aeolidacea
Superfamily: Fionoidea
Family: Abronicidae
Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017
Genus: Abronica
Cella, Carmona, Ekimova, Chichvarkhin, Schepetov & Gosliner, 2016
Type species
Cratena abronia
MacFarland, 1966
Species

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Abronica is a genus of nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs or sea slugs, and the only member of the family Abronicidae, which was first named in 2017.[2][3][4]

Species

Species within the genus Abronica include:[5]

References

  1. ^ MolluscaBase (2018). Abronica Cella, Carmona, Ekimova, Chichvarkhin, Schepetov & Gosliner, 2016. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=890561 on 2019-01-16
  2. ^ MolluscaBase (2018). Abronicidae Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1047954 on 2019-01-16
  3. ^ Korshunova, T.; Martynov, A.; Bakken, T.; Evertsen, J.; Fletcher, K.; Mudianta, W.; Saito, H.; Lundin, K.; Schrödl, M.; Picton, B. (2017). Polyphyly of the traditional family Flabellinidae affects a major group of Nudibranchia: aeolidacean taxonomic reassessment with descriptions of several new families, genera, and species (Mollusca, Gastropoda). ZooKeys. 717: 1-139
  4. ^ Korshunova, Tatiana; Fletcher, Karin; Martynov, Alexander (2025-08-01). "The endless forms are the most differentiated—how taxonomic pseudo-optimization masked natural diversity and evolution: the nudibranch case". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 204 (4). doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf057. ISSN 0024-4082.
  5. ^ MolluscaBase (2018). Abronica Cella, Carmona, Ekimova, Chichvarkhin, Schepetov & Gosliner, 2016. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=890561 on 2019-01-16