Ancula

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Onchidoridoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Spiralia Cladus: Lophotrochozoa Phylum: Mollusca Classis: Gastropoda Subclassis: Heterobranchia Infraclassis: Euthyneura Cohors: Ringipleura Superordo: Nudipleura Ordo: Nudibranchia Subordo: Doridina Infraordo: Doridoidei Superfamilia: Onchidoridoidea

Familia: Goniodorididae
Genus: Ancula
Species (7): A. espinosai – A. evelinae – A. fuegiensis – A. gibbosa – A. kariyana – A. lentiginosa – A. mapae
In synonymy (3): A. cristata – A. pacifica – A. sulphurea

Name

Ancula Lovén, 1846

• Authority for placement: not disputed
• Gender: [feminine]
• Original status: valid genus
• Type species: Polycera cristata Alder, 1841 [=Tritonia gibbosa Risso, 1818]
• Fixation: monotypy
• ZooBank: 6A124CAD-E28F-439B-B622-858ED5B35AA8

Synonyms

• Drepaniella Burn, 1961
• Eucrairia Burn, 1961
• Miranda Alder & Hancock, 1847

References

Primary references

• Lovén, S.L. 1846: Nordens Hafs-Mollusker. Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-akademiens förhandlingar 3(5): 134–160. BHL Reference page.  [first availability, see p. 137]

Additional references

• Baba, K. 1990: Notes on the rare genera Trapania and Ancula from Japan with description of a new species (Nudibranchia: Goniodorididae). Venus 49(1): 8–18. abstract Reference page.  [see p. 16, Eucrairia treated as a valid subgenus, with only Ancula gibbosa placed in the nominotypical subgenus]

On other global biodiversity databases

• Catalogue of Life: 2013 Annual Checklist [no records of A. kariyana – A. lentiginosa
  , or synonym A. sulphurea
  ]
• EoL [conflicting data from various incomplete sources]
• GBIF [no record of A. kariyana
  , synonym A. pacifica
  as valid]
• WoRMS [no record of A. kariyana
  , or synonyms A. sulphurea
  or Miranda]

Links

• Ancula in the World Register of Marine Species