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Embletonia

Embletonia is a genus of nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs or sea slugs. It is the only genus in the monotypic family Embletoniidae, itself the only member of the superfamily Embletonioidea.

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Embletonia
Embletonia gracilis
Embletonia pulchra
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Aeolidacea
Superfamily: Embletonioidea
Pruvot-Fol, 1954
Family: Embletoniidae
Pruvot-Fol, 1954
Genus: Embletonia
Alder & Hancock, 1851
Type species
Pterochilus pulcher
Alder & Hancock, 1844
Synonyms

Genus synonymy

  • Embletoniella Baba, 1967
  • Pterochilus Alder & Hancock, 1844

Embletonia is a genus of nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs or sea slugs. It is the only genus in the monotypic family Embletoniidae, itself the only member of the superfamily Embletonioidea.12

Taxonomy

The genus Embletonia and its parent family and superfamily were named after the British naturalist Dennis Embleton (1810-1900). Two genera are recognised:1

Distribution and habitat

Species of the genus have a cosmopolitan distribution.3

References

References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Embletonia Alder & Hancock, 1851. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138544 on 2022-12-03
  2. 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.
  3. "Embletonia Alder & Hancock, 1851". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
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