Pelagella
| Pelagella | |
|---|---|
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| Pelagella joubini | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Family: | Goniodorididae |
| Subfamily: | Goniodoridinae |
| Genus: | Pelagella J. E. Gray, 1850 |
| Type species | |
| Pelagella castanaea (Alder & Hancock, 1845) | |
Pelagella is a genus of sea slugs, marine gastropod molluscs, in the subfamily Goniodoridinae in the family Goniodorididae.
In 2023, the genus was recovered from synonymy with Goniodoris. In the following year it was found that Goniodoris nodosa, the types species of the genus, should be moved to Okenia. The remainder of Goniodoris species had morphology consistent with Pelagella however, so it was decided that all Goniodoris species except G. nodosa should be transferred to Pelagella, while Goniodoris be officially regarded as a synonym of Okenia.
Species
Species currently within Pelagella include:
- Pelagella albopunctata Paz-Sedano, Smirnoff, Gosliner & Pola, 2023
- Pelagella aspersa (Alder & Hancock, 1864)
- Pelagella balanoyensis Paz-Sedano, Smirnoff, Gosliner & Pola, 2023
- Pelagella barroisi (Vayssière, 1901)
- Pelagella castanea (Alder & Hancock, 1845)
- Pelagella citrina (Alder & Hancock, 1864)
- Pelagella felis (Baba, 1949)
- Pelagella joubini (Risbec, 1928)
- Pelagella kolabana (Winckworth, 1946)
- Pelagella longicornis Paz-Sedano, Smirnoff, Gosliner & Pola, 2023
- Pelagella meracula (Burn, 1958)
- Pelagella mercurialis (Macnae, 1958)
- Pelagella mimula (Er. Marcus, 1955)
- Pelagella modesta (Alder & Hancock, 1864)
- Pelagella noregna (Ortea & Moro, 2021)
- Pelagella ovata (Barnard, 1934)
- Pelagella petiti (Crosse, 1875)
- Pelagella punctata (Bergh, 1905)
- Pelagella rubrobranchiata Paz-Sedano, Smirnoff, Gosliner & Pola, 2023
- Pelagella scottjohnsoni Paz-Sedano, Smirnoff, Gosliner & Pola, 2023
- Pelagella sugashimae (Baba, 1960)
- Pelagella violacea (Risbec, 1928)
- Pelagella vitrea Paz-Sedano, Smirnoff, Gosliner & Pola, 2023
Synonyms:
- Pelagella pareti (Vérany, 1846) : synonym of Pelagella castanea (Alder & Hancock, 1845)
References
- ↑ Gray, J. E. (1850). [text]. In: Gray, M. E., Figures of molluscous animals, selected from various authors. Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, London. Vol. 4, iv + 219 pp. (August) [Frontispiece (portrait of Mrs. Gray); pp. ii–iv (preface); 1–62 (explanation of plates 1–312 in Volumes 1–3); pp. 63–124 (systematic arrangement of figures); 127–219 (reprint of Gray 1847).
- ↑ Alder, J. & Hancock, A. (1845). Notice of a new genus and several new species of nudibranchiate Mollusca. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 16: 311-316.
- ↑ Paz-Sedano, S.; Smirnoff, D.; Gosliner, T. M.; Pola, M. (2023). When a genus must become two: resurrection of Pelagella Gray, 1850 with the description of six new species. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 89(2).
- ↑ Paz-Sedano, S.; Moles, J.; Smirnoff, D.; Gosliner, T. M.; Pola, M. (2024). A combined phylogenetic strategy illuminates the evolution of Goniodorididae nudibranchs (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Heterobranchia). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 107990.
- ↑ MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Pelagella J. E. Gray, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2026-10-31.
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