Cadlina
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Cadlina is a genus
of sea slug
s, dorid nudibranch
s, shell-less marine
gastropod mollusks historically classified in the family Chromodorididae
. Recent research by R.F. Johnson in 2011 [2] has shown that Cadlina does not belong to the family Chromodorididae. She has therefore brought back the name Cadlinidae
from synonymy with Chromodorididae
. The family Cadlinidae
also includes the genus Aldisa, Bergh, 1878.
Species brought into synonymy :
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of sea slug
Slug
Slug is a common name that is normally applied to any gastropod mollusc that lacks a shell, has a very reduced shell, or has a small internal shell...
s, dorid nudibranch
Nudibranch
A nudibranch is a member of what is now a taxonomic clade, and what was previously a suborder, of soft-bodied, marine gastropod mollusks which shed their shell after their larval stage. They are noted for their often extraordinary colors and striking forms...
s, shell-less marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
gastropod mollusks historically classified in the family Chromodorididae
Chromodorididae
Chromodorididae are a taxonomic family of medium-sized to large, colorful, sea slugs; dorid nudibranchs in the superfamily Doridoidea. These are marine gastropod mollusks....
. Recent research by R.F. Johnson in 2011 [2] has shown that Cadlina does not belong to the family Chromodorididae. She has therefore brought back the name Cadlinidae
Cadlinidae
Cadlinidae is a family of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Doridoidea. This family is within the clade Euctenidiacea....
from synonymy with Chromodorididae
Chromodorididae
Chromodorididae are a taxonomic family of medium-sized to large, colorful, sea slugs; dorid nudibranchs in the superfamily Doridoidea. These are marine gastropod mollusks....
. The family Cadlinidae
Cadlinidae
Cadlinidae is a family of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Doridoidea. This family is within the clade Euctenidiacea....
also includes the genus Aldisa, Bergh, 1878.
Species
Species in the genus Cadlina include:- Cadlina abyssicola Valdés, 2001
- Cadlina affinis Odhner, 1934
- Cadlina dubia Edmunds, 1981
- Cadlina excavata (Pruvot-FolAlice Pruvot-FolAlice Pruvot-Fol was a French opisthobranch malacologist.She was the author of many new species, mostly described on the basis of preserved animals....
, 1951) - Cadlina flavomaculataCadlina flavomaculataCadlina flavomaculata, common name the yellow-spot cadlina, is a species of colorful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cadlinidae...
MacFarland, 1905 - Yellow-spot cadlina - Cadlina georgiensis Schrödl, 2000
- Cadlina glabra Friele and Hansen, 1876
- Cadlina japonica Baba, 1937
- Cadlina juvenca BerghRudolph BerghRudolph Bergh , full name Ludvig Sophus Rudolph Bergh, was a Danish physician and malacologist. He worked in Copenhagen....
, 1898 - Cadlina kerguelensis Thiele, 1912
- Cadlina laevisCadlina laevisCadlina laevis, common name the white Atlantic cadlina, is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cadlinidae.- Distribution :...
(Linnaeus, 1767) - White Atlantic cadlina - Cadlina limbaughorum Lance, 1962
- Cadlina luarna (Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1967)
- Cadlina luteomarginataCadlina luteomarginataCadlina luteomarginata, common name the yellow-edged cadlina, is a species of colorful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cadlinidae. -Distribution:...
MacFarland, 1905 - Yellow-edge cadlina - Cadlina magellanica Odhner, 1926
- Cadlina modesta MacFarland, 1966 - Modest cadlina
- Cadlina nigrobranchiata RudmanWilliam B. RudmanDr. William B. Rudman, usually known as Bill Rudman , from New Zealand and Australia, is a biologist, a researcher who studies molluscs, in other words, a malacologist...
, 1985 - Cadlina pacifica BerghRudolph BerghRudolph Bergh , full name Ludvig Sophus Rudolph Bergh, was a Danish physician and malacologist. He worked in Copenhagen....
, 1879 - Cadlina pellucida (Risso, 1826)
- Cadlina rumia Er. Marcus, 1955
- Cadlina scabriuscula (BerghRudolph BerghRudolph Bergh , full name Ludvig Sophus Rudolph Bergh, was a Danish physician and malacologist. He worked in Copenhagen....
, 1890) - Cadlina sp. 1 saddled nudibranchSaddled nudibranchThe saddled nudibranch, Cadlina sp.1, as designated by Gosliner, 1987, is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cadlinidae.-Distribution:...
- Cadlina sp. 2 brown-dotted nudibranchBrown-dotted nudibranchThe brown-dotted nudibranch, Cadlina sp.2, as designated by Gosliner, 1987, is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cadlinidae.-Distribution:...
- Cadlina sparsa (Odhner, 1921) - Dark-spot cadlina
- Cadlina tasmanica RudmanWilliam B. RudmanDr. William B. Rudman, usually known as Bill Rudman , from New Zealand and Australia, is a biologist, a researcher who studies molluscs, in other words, a malacologist...
, 1990 - Cadlina willani Miller, 1980
Species brought into synonymy :
- Cadlina berghi Odhner, 1926 : synonym of Cadlina sparsa (Odhner, 1921)
- Cadlina burnayi Ortea, 1988 : synonym of Tyrinna burnayi (Ortea, 1988)
- Cadlina evelinae Marcus, 1958 : synonym of Tyrinna evelinae (Er. Marcus, 1958)
- Cadlina falklandica Odhner, 1926 : synonym of Cadlina magellanica Odhner, 1926
- Cadlina laevigata Odhner, 1926 : synonym of Cadlina sparsa (Odhner, 1921)
- Cadlina marginata MacFarland, 1905 - Yellow-rim cadlina : synonym of Cadlina luteomarginataCadlina luteomarginataCadlina luteomarginata, common name the yellow-edged cadlina, is a species of colorful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cadlinidae. -Distribution:...
McFarland, 1966 - Cadlina ornatissima Risbec, 1928 : synonym of Cadlinella ornatissima (Risbec, 1928)
- Cadlina sagamiensis' BabaKikutaro Babawas a Japanese malacologist. He was the leading researcher on sea slugs and bubble snails, opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in Japan.- Biography :* 1932-1941 Kyushu University* 1948-1949 Osaka Kyoiku University* 1976 - Order of the Rising Sun...
, 1937 : synonym of Cadlinella sagamiensis (Baba, 1937)