Flabellina

Flabellina
Flabellina affinis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Aeolidacea
Family: Flabellinidae
Genus: Flabellina
Gray [in Griffith & Pidgeon], 1833[1]
Type species
Doris affinis
Gmelin, 1791[2]
Synonyms[3]
  • Calmella Eliot, 1906
  • Carronella Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, H. Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017
  • Costaea Tiberi, 1881
  • Jojenia Aradas, 1847
  • Paraflabellina Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, H. Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017

Flabellina is a genus of sea slugs, specifically aeolid nudibranchs. These animals are marine gastropod molluscs in the family Flabellinidae.[4]

Taxonomic history

The genus Flabellina was established by John Edward Gray in 1833 with the type species Flabellina affinis and characterised by the cerata being arranged on peduncles and the rhinophores being annulate. Many species were added by subsequent authors. In 1981 the genus Coryphella was merged under the older name Flabellina as despite a large range of morphological characters in the 64 species of Flabellinidae and Coryphellidae known at that time, no clear distinction could be found to separate the species into the two genera.[5] In 2017 an integrative study of the 71 species then considered to be included in Flabellina redistributed the species into seven families and 26 genera.[6]

Species

According to Ekimova et al. 2026, species currently included in this genus are[4]:

Synonymized species
  • Flabellina abei (Baba, 1987): synonym of Coryphella abei Baba, 1987 incertae sedis[7]
  • Flabellina albomaculata Pola, Carmona, Calado & Cervera, 2014: synonym of Edmundsella albomaculata (Pola, Carmona, Calado & Cervera, 2014)
  • Flabellina albomarginata (M. C. Miller, 1971): synonym of Coryphellina albomarginata (M. C. Miller, 1971)
  • Flabellina alisonae Gosliner, 1980: synonym of Samla bicolor (Kelaart, 1858)
  • Flabellina amabilis Y. Hirano & Kuzirian, 1991: synonym of Coryphella amabilis (Y. Hirano & Kuzirian, 1991)
  • Flabellina angelvaldasi (Millen & Hermosillo, 2012): synonym of Unidentia angelvaldesi Millen & Hermosillo, 2012
  • Flabellina arveloi Ortea & Espinosa, 1998: synonym of Coryphellina arveloi (Ortea & Espinosa, 1998)
  • Flabellina athadona (Bergh, 1875): synonym of Coryphella athadona Bergh, 1875
  • Flabellina babai Schmekel, 1972: synonym of Luisella babai (Schmekel, 1972)
  • Flabellina baetica Garcia-Gomez, 1984: synonym of Baenopsis baetica (Garcia-Gomez, 1984)
  • Flabellina bertschi Gosliner & Kuzirian, 1990: synonym of Edmundsella bertschi (Gosliner & Kuzirian, 1990)
  • Flabellina bicolor (Kelaart, 1858): synonym of Samla bicolor (Kelaart, 1858)
  • Flabellina bilas Gosliner & Willan, 1991:[8] synonym of Samla bilas (Gosliner & Willan, 1991)
  • Flabellina borealis (Odhner, 1922) : synonym of Coryphella borealis Odhner, 1922
  • Flabellina browni (Picton, 1980): synonym of Coryphella browni Picton, 1980
  • Flabellina bulbosa Ortea & Espinosa, 1998: synonym of Luisella bulbosa (Ortea & Espinosa, 1998)
  • Flabellina californica (Bergh, 1904): synonym of Coryphella californica Bergh, 1904 - Possibly a synonym of Flabellinopsis iodinea (J. G. Cooper, 1863)
  • Flabellina capensis (Thiele, 1925): synonym of Coryphella capensis Thiele, 1925
  • Flabellina cerverai Fischer, van der Velde & Roubos, 2007: synonym of Coryphella cerverai (Fischer, van der Velde & Roubos, 2007)
  • Flabellina confusa Gonzalez-Duarte, Cervera & Poddubetskaia, 2008: synonym of Flabellina gaditana (Cervera, García-Gomez & García, 1987)
  • Flabellina cooperi (Cockerell, 1901): synonym of Coryphella cooperi Cockerell, 1901
  • Flabellina cynara (Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1963): synonym of Kynaria cynara (Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967)
  • Flabellina dana Millen & Hamann, 2006: synonym of Coryphella dana (Millen & Hamann, 2006)
  • Flabellina delicata Gosliner & Willan, 1991: synonym of Coryphellina delicata (Gosliner & Willan, 1991)
  • Flabellina dushia (Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1963): synonym of Edmundsella dushia (Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1963)
  • Flabellina engeli Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1968: synonym of Luisella engeli (Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1968)
  • Flabellina exoptata Gosliner & Willan, 1991: synonym of Coryphellina exoptata (Gosliner & Willan, 1991)
  • Flabellina falklandica (Eliot, 1907): synonym of Coryphella falklandica Eliot, 1907
  • Flabellina fisheri (MacFarland, 1966): synonym of Orienthella piunca[9] (Marcus, Er., 1961)
  • Flabellina flamma (Ekimova, Deart, Antokhina, Mikhlina & Schepetov, 2022) : synonym of Coryphellina flamma Ekimova, Deart, Antokhina, Mikhlina & Schepetov, 2022
  • Flabellina fogata Millen & Hermosillo, 2007: synonym of Coryphella fogata (Millen & Hermosillo, 2007)
  • Flabellina fusca (O'Donoghue, 1921) : synonym of Coryphella trophina Bergh, 1890
  • Flabellina goddardi Gosliner, 2010: synonym of Pacifia goddardi (Gosliner, 2010)
  • Flabellina gracilis (Alder & Hancock, 1844): synonym of Coryphella gracilis (Alder & Hancock, 1844)
  • Flabellina hamanni Gosliner, 1994: synonym of Coryphellina hamanni (Gosliner, 1994)
  • Flabellina ianthina Angas, 1864: synonym of Pteraeolidia ianthina (Angas, 1864)
  • Flabellina indica (Bergh, 1902): synonym of Coryphellina indica (Bergh, 1902)
  • Flabellina inornata A. Costa, 1866: synonym of Spurilla neapolitana (Delle Chiaje, 1841)
  • Flabellina insolita Garcia-Gomez & Cervera, 1989: synonym of Coryphella insolita (Garcia-Gomez & Cervera, 1989)
  • Flabellina iodinea (J. G. Cooper, 1863): synonym of Flabellinopsis iodinea (J. G. Cooper, 1863)
  • Flabellina islandica (Odhner, 1937): synonym of Chlamylla islandica (=Paracoryphella islandica) (Odhner, 1937)
  • Flabellina japonica (Volodchenko, 1937): synonym of Ziminella japonica (Volodchenko, 1937)
  • Flabellina lineata (Lovén, 1846): synonym of Coryphella lineata (Lovén, 1846)
  • Flabellina llerae Ortea, 1989: synonym of Luisella llerae (Ortea, 1989)
  • Flabellina lotos (Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, H. Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017) : synonym of Coryphellina lotos Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, H. Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017
  • Flabellina macassarana Bergh, 1905: synonym of Samla macassarana (Bergh, 1905)
  • Flabellina marcusorum Gosliner & Kuzirian, 1990: synonym of Coryphellina marcusorum (Gosliner & Kuzirian, 1990)
  • Flabellina newcombi Angas, 1864: synonym of Facelina newcombi (Angas, 1864)
  • Flabellina nobilis (A. E. Verrill, 1880): synonym of Coryphella nobilis A. E. Verrill, 1880
  • Flabellina ornata Angas, 1864: synonym of Austraeolis ornata (Angas, 1864)
  • Flabellina pallida (A. E. Verrill, 1900): synonym of Coryphella pallida A. E. Verrill, 1900
  • Flabellina parva (Hadfield, 1963): synonym of Chlamylla parva (=Paracoryphella parva) (Hadfield, 1963)
  • Flabellina pedata (Montagu, 1815): synonym of Edmundsella pedata (Montagu, 1816)
  • Flabellina piunca (Er. Marcus, 1961) : synonym of Orienthella piunca (Marcus, Er., 1961)
  • Flabellina poenicia (Burn, 1957): synonym of Coryphellina poenicia (Burn, 1957)
  • Flabellina polaris Volodchenko, 1946: synonym of Chlamylla polaris (=Polaria polaris) (Volodchenko, 1946)
  • Flabellina pricei (MacFarland, 1966): synonym of Apata pricei (MacFarland, 1966)
  • Flabellina pseudoverrucosa (Martynov, Sanamyan & Korshunova, 2015): synonym of Coryphella pseudoverrucosa Martynov, Sanamyan & Korshunova, 2015
  • Flabellina riwo Gosliner & Willan, 1991: synonym of Samla riwo (Gosliner & Willan, 1991)
  • Flabellina rubrolineata (O'Donoghue, 1929): synonym of Coryphellina rubrolineata O'Donoghue, 1929
  • Flabellina rubropurpurata Gosliner & Willan, 1991: synonym of Launsina rubropurpurata (Gosliner & Willan, 1991)
  • Flabellina salmonacea (Couthouy, 1838): synonym of Ziminella salmonacea (Couthouy, 1838)
  • Flabellina sarsi (Friele, 1903) : synonym of Coryphella nobilis A. E. Verrill, 1880
  • Flabellina scolopendrella Risbec, 1928: synonym of Pteraeolidia semperi (Bergh, 1870)
  • Flabellina semperi Bergh, 1870: synonym of Pteraeolidia semperi (Bergh, 1870)
  • Flabellina stohleri Bertsch & Ferreira, 1974: synonym of Luisella telja (Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967)
  • Flabellina telja Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967: synonym of Luisella telja (Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967)
  • Flabellina trilineata (O'Donoghue, 1921): synonym of Coryphella trilineata (O'Donoghue, 1921)
  • Flabellina trophina (Bergh, 1890): synonym of Coryphella trophina (Bergh, 1890)
  • Flabellina vansyoci Gosliner, 1994: synonym of Edmundsella vansyoci (Gosliner, 1994)
  • Flabellina verrucicornis A. Costa, 1867: synonym of Berghia verrucicornis (A. Costa, 1867)
  • Flabellina verrucosa (M. Sars, 1829): synonym of Coryphella verrucosa (M. Sars, 1829)
  • Flabellina versicolor Costa A., 1866: synonym of Favorinus branchialis (Rathke, 1806)
  • Flabellina verta (Ev. Marcus, 1970): synonym of Coryphella verta Ev. Marcus, 1970

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