Bosellia
| Bosellia | |
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| Bosellia mimetica on Halimeda tuna. Locality: Mediterranean Sea. The length of the slug is about 1 cm. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Family: | Plakobranchidae |
| Genus: | Bosellia Trinchese, 1891[1] |
Bosellia is a genus of sea slugs in the family Plakobranchidae.[2]
Distribution[edit]
Distribution include warm waters in Mediterranean and in Atlantic ocean.[3] Reports from Indo-Pacific were not confirmed.[3]
Species[edit]
There are five recognized species in the genus Bosellia:[2]
- Bosellia cohellia Marcus, 1978
- Bosellia corinneae Marcus, 1973
- Bosellia curasoae Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1970
- Bosellia levis Fernandez-Ovies & Ortea, 1986
- Bosellia mimetica Trinchese, 1890
Bosellia cohellia has an uncertain taxonomic status according to Jensen (2007).[3]
Phylogenetic results by Händeler et al. (2009)[4] indicate that the Caribbean "Bosellia marcusi" described by Eveline Agnes du Bois-Reymond Marcus (1972)[5] is a derived species of Elysia. Morphological examination indicates that the parapodia of "B. marcusi" have secondarily fused over the dorsum, producing a superficial similarity with Bosellia.[4] Bosellia marcusi Marcus, 1972 is a synonym for Elysia marcusi (Marcus, 1972).[2][4]
References[edit]
This article incorporates CC-BY-2.0 text from reference.[4]
- ^ Trinchese S. (1891). Mem. Accad. Bologna (5)1: 271.
- ^ a b c Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2024). "Bosellia Trinchese, 1891". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
- ^ a b c Jensen, Kathe R. (2004). "Biogeography of the Sacoglossa (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia)". Bonner zoologische Beiträge. 55: 255–281.
- ^ a b c d Händeler K.; Grzymbowski Y. P.; Krug P. J.; Wägele H. (2009). "Functional chloroplasts in metazoan cells – a unique evolutionary strategy in animal life". Frontiers in Zoology. 6 (1): 28. doi:10.1186/1742-9994-6-28. PMC 2790442. PMID 19951407.
- ^ Marcus, Eveline D. B.-R. (1972). "On Some Opisthobranchs from Florida". Bulletin of Marine Science. 22 (2): 284–308.
Further reading[edit]
- Atucha A. M., Aragonés J. D. R. (1989). "The chloroplast-animal association in four Iberian sacoglossan opisthobranchs: Elysia timida, Elysia translucens, Thuridilla hopei and Bosellia mimetica". Scientia Marina. 53 (2–3): 429–440.
