%0 Journal Article 
%A Carmona Barnosi, Leila
%A Martín-Hervás Santos, María del Rosario
%A Pola, Marta
%A Gosliner, Terrence M.
%A Cervera Currado, Juan Lucas
%T Unfinished symphony: updating the systematics of Aeolidiidae (Nudibranchia, Gastropoda), with special focus on Aeolidiella Bergh, 1867
%D 2026
%@ 1445-5226
%U http://hdl.handle.net/10498/39473
%X This paper updates the systematics of Aeolidiidae (Heterobranchia, Nudibranchia), with special
emphasis on the genus Aeolidiella Bergh, 1867. Up to now, Aeolidiella was composed of five valid
species: A. alderi, A. glauca, A. rubra, A. sanguinea from the Mediterranean Sea and the Eastern
Atlantic and A. drusilla comb. nov. from the Pacific Ocean. To clarify the systematics of this
genus we present an integrative approach based on molecular and morphological data, literature
review, species delimitation approaches, and haplotype network analysis. Aeolidiella glauca was
recognized as a species complex resulting in the description of Aeolidiella avatar sp. nov.,
whereas the nominal name A. rubra is considered nomem dubium. The species Aeolidiella
drusilla comb. nov. is ascribed to the new genus Novaeolidiella gen. nov. together with the
new species Novaeolidiella janae sp. nov. from the Philippines. This restricts the genus
Aeolidiella to the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea.
%K Aeolidiella
%K Aeolidiidae
%K Cladobranchia
%K Heterobranchia
%K marine biodiversity
%K molluscan diversity
%K morphology
%K new genera
%K new species
%K pseudocryptic species
%K sea slugs
%K systematics
%K taxonomy
%~ Universidad de Cádiz