Cratena

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Cratena
Cratena capensis.jpg
Cratena capensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia

clade Aeolidida
Superfamily:
Aeolidioidea
Family:
Facelinidae
Subfamily:
Crateninae
Genus:
Cratena

Bergh, 1864
Type species
Doris peregrina
Gmelin, 1791
Synonyms[1]

Rizzolia Trinchese, 1877

Cratena is a genus of sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Facelinidae.[1]

Cratena is the type genus of the subfamily Crateninae.

Species[]

Species within the genus Cratena include:

Taxa inquirenda
  • Cratena cornuta (Risbec, 1928)
  • Cratena diffusa (Risbec, 1928)
  • Cratena grisea (Risbec, 1928)
Species brought into synonymy
  • Cratena anulata Baba, 1949: synonym of Cuthona anulata (Baba, 1949)
  • Cratena cavanca Bergh, 1898: synonym of Phidiana lottini (Lesson, 1831)
  • Cratena exigua Thiele, 1912: synonym of Cuthona georgiana (Pfeffer in Martens & Pfeffer, 1886)
  • Cratena fructuosa Bergh, 1892: synonym of Cuthona fructuosa (Bergh, 1892)
  • Cratena genovae O'Donoghue, 1929: synonym of Cuthona genovae (O'Donoghue, 1929)
  • Cratena gymnota (Couthouy, 1838): synonym of Cuthona gymnota (Couthouy, 1838)
  • Cratena hirsuta Bergh, 1864: synonym of Cuthona nana (Alder & Hancock, 1842)
  • Cratena kaoruae Marcus, 1957: synonym of Cratena pilata (Gould, 1870)[2]
  • Cratena lugubris Bergh, 1870: synonym of Phestilla lugubris (Bergh, 1870)
  • Cratena macphersonae Burn, 1962: synonym of Phyllodesmium macphersonae (Burn, 1962)
  • Cratena nigricolora Baba, 1955: synonym of (Baba, 1955)
  • Cratena pinnifera Baba, 1949: synonym of (Baba, 1949)
  • Cratena piutaensis Ortea, Caballer & Espinosa, 2003: synonym of Anetarca piutaensis (Ortea, Caballer & Espinosa, 2003)
  • Cratena puellula Baba, 1955: synonym of Cuthona puellula (Baba, 1955)
  • Cratena pusilla Bergh, 1898: synonym of (Bergh, 1898)
  • Cratena valentini Eliot, 1907: synonym of Cuthona valentini (Eliot, 1907)
  • Cratena venusta Baba, 1949: synonym of (Baba, 1949)
  • Cratena veronicae A. E. Verrill, 1880: synonym of (A. E. Verrill, 1880)
  • Cratena vittata (Alder & Hancock, 1842): synonym of Eubranchus vittatus (Alder & Hancock, 1842)
  • Cratena yatsui Baba, 1930: synonym of Herviella yatsui (Baba, 1930)

References[]

  1. ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2012). Cratena. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=146861 on 2012-07-22
  2. ^ Marcus, E. du B.-R. 1957: Notes on some opisthobranch gastropods from the Chesapeake Bay. Chesapeake science, 13(4): 300-317. doi:10.2307/1351113 JSTOR
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