Algarvia alba
| Algarvia alba | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Aeolidacea |
| Family: | Facelinidae |
| Genus: | Algarvia García-Gómez & Cervera, 1990 |
| Species: | A. alba
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| Binomial name | |
| Algarvia alba García-Gómez & Cervera, 1990[1]
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Algarvia alba is a species of sea slug, specifically an aeolid nudibranch. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae.[2] It is the only species in the genus Algarvia.[3]
Distribution
This species was described from Sagres, Portugal 37°00′49″N 8°55′31″W / 37.01361°N 8.92528°W. It has subsequently been recorded from Cantabria 43°18′34″N 2°11′52″W / 43.30944°N 2.19778°W, on the North coast of Spain.[4]
Description
Algarvia alba is a small nudibranch, growing to 15 mm in length. It has a distinctive appearance, with a white body, white cerata and bright orange-red oral tentacles and rhinophores and an orange line across the front of the head.[5]
References
- ^ García-Gómez, J.C. & Cervera J.L. (1989). A new species and genus of aeolid nudibranch (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from the Iberian coasts. Bull Mus Natl Hist Nat (Paris) 4e série, 11, section A, 4: 733-741.
- ^ Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2026). "Algarvia alba García-Gómez & Cervera, 1989; García-Gómez & Cervera, 1990". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
- ^ Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2026). "Algarvia García-Gómez & Cervera, 1990". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
- ^ Silva, J.P., Pola, M., Calado, G. & Cervera, J.L. (2015). First record of Algarvia alba García-Gómez and Cervera, 1989 (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) outside the type locality. Marine Biodiversity, DOI 10.1007/s12526-015-0320-1.
- ^ Cantalapiedra, M. (2014). Algarvia alba photograph, Cantabria, Spain.