Cadlina
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Cadlina is a genus
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-Fol
    Alice Pruvot-Fol
    Alice 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 flavomaculata
    Cadlina flavomaculata
    Cadlina 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  Bergh
    Rudolph Bergh
    Rudolph Bergh , full name Ludvig Sophus Rudolph Bergh, was a Danish physician and malacologist. He worked in Copenhagen....

    , 1898
  • Cadlina kerguelensis  Thiele, 1912
  • Cadlina laevis
    Cadlina laevis
    Cadlina 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 luteomarginata
    Cadlina luteomarginata
    Cadlina 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  Rudman
    William B. Rudman
    Dr. 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 Bergh
    Rudolph Bergh
    Rudolph 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 (Bergh
    Rudolph Bergh
    Rudolph Bergh , full name Ludvig Sophus Rudolph Bergh, was a Danish physician and malacologist. He worked in Copenhagen....

    , 1890)
  • Cadlina sp. 1 saddled nudibranch
    Saddled nudibranch
    The 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 nudibranch
    Brown-dotted nudibranch
    The 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 Rudman
    William B. Rudman
    Dr. 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 luteomarginata
    Cadlina luteomarginata
    Cadlina 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' Baba
    Kikutaro Baba
    was 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)

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