Redescription of "Algarvia alba" García-Gómez & Cervera, 1989 (Mollusca, Nudibranchia, Aeolidioidea) from the Ría de Ferrol (Galicia, NW Iberian Peninsula).

  1. Urgorri Carrasco, Victoriano 1
  2. Regaliza, G. G. 1
  3. Valdés, A. 2
  4. Señarís, M.P. 1
  5. Díaz-Agras, Guillermo 1
  1. 1 Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
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    Universidade de Santiago de Compostela

    Santiago de Compostela, España

    ROR https://ror.org/030eybx10

  2. 2 California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
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    California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

    Pomona, Estados Unidos

    ROR https://ror.org/05by5hm18

Journal:
NACC: Nova acta científica compostelana. Bioloxía

ISSN: 1130-9717

Year of publication: 2023

Issue: 30

Pages: 1-20

Type: Article

DOI: 10.15304/NACC.ID9218 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openOpen access editor

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Abstract

Algarvia alba García-Gómez & Cervera, 1989 is a little-known nudibranch mollusk (Aeolidioidea: Facelinidae) that inhabits sandy-rocky substrates along the Atlantic coast of the Iberian Peninsula. This species is only known from 3 specimens, two corresponding to the type series and collected in Algarve (Portugal), and one specimen photographed in Getaria (Basque Country),. The anatomy of a new specimen collected from the Ría de Ferrol is described in detail for the first time by means of X-ray microcomputed tomography (Micro-CT); this non-destructive technique allows obtaining sequential images of the sagittal, frontal and transverse planes. The systematics of Facelinidae is not properly resolved yet and therefore we propose to keep Algarvia in this family until more information becomes available.

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