RT journal article
T1 The end of a long controversy: systematics of the genus Limenandra (Mollusca: Nudibranchia: Aeolidiidae)
A1 Carmona Barnosi, Leila
A1 Pola, Marta
A1 Gosliner, Terrence M.
A1 Cervera Currado, Juan Lucas
A2 Biología
AB imenandra Haefelfinger and Stamm 1958 is a small genus within the Aeolidiidae with, until this paper, only two species: Limenandra nodosa Haefelfinger and Stamm 1958 and Limenandra fusiformis Baba 1949. Although most recent authors have regarded Limenandra as a junior synonym of Baeolidia Bergh 1888, recent molecular studies have demonstrated its monophyletic status and have rejected the circumtropical distribution attributed to the type species, L. nodosa. The present paper reviews the previously known species of Limenandra with additional morphological data and describes three new species: Limenandra barnosii sp. nov. and Limenandra rosanae sp. nov. from the Indo-Pacific are easily distin- guished from all other Limenandra species by their vivid and bright colour patterns, while Limenandra confusa sp. nov., also from the Indo-Pacific, is very similar to the Atlantic and Mediterranean L. nodosa. The five species differ in colouration, the size and ornamentation of the cerata, the rhinophorial papillae, details of the reproductive system and the number of salivary glands. Additionally, Limenandra can be easily distinguished from other Aeoli- diidae based on differences in the radular and receptaculum seminis morphology.
PB biomedcentral
SN 1438-387X
YR 2014
FD 2014
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/34299
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/34299
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 14-nov-2026