Bosellia
Bosellia is a genus of sea slugs, marine gastropod mollusks within the superfamily Plakobranchoidea.[3]
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| Family: | Boselliidae Ev. Marcus, 1982[1] |
| Genus: | Bosellia |
Bosellia is the only genus in the family Boselliidae.[4][5] Such families are monotypic families and this family has no subfamilies.
Distribution
Distribution include warm waters in Mediterranean and in Atlantic ocean.[6] Reports from Indo-Pacific were not confirmed.[6]
Species
Species within the genus Bosellia include 3 species and one with uncertain taxonomic status:[6]
- Bosellia cohellia Marcus, 1978 - uncertain taxonomic status[6]
- Bosellia curasoae Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1970
- Bosellia corinneae Marcus, 1973
- Bosellia levis Fernandez-Ovies & Ortea, 1986
- Bosellia mimetica Trinchese, 1890
- Species brought into synonymy
- Bosellia leve Fernández-Ovies & Ortea, 1986: synonym of Bosellia levis Fernandez-Ovies & Ortea, 1986
- Bosellia marcusi Ev. Marcus, 1972: synonym of Elysia marcusi (Ev. Marcus, 1972)
Phylogenetic results by Händeler et al. (2009)[5] indicate that the Caribbean "Bosellia marcusi" described by Eveline Agnes du Bois-Reymond Marcus (1972)[7] 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. Bosellia marcusi Marcus, 1972 is a synonym for Elysia marcusi (Marcus, 1972).[5]
References
This article incorporates CC-BY-2.0 text from reference.[5]
- Marcus E. D. B. R. (1982). The Journal of Mollusca Studies Suppl. 10: 18.
- Trinchese S. (1891). Mem. Accad. Bologna (5)1: 271.
- Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).
- Jensen K. R. (1996). "Phylogenetic systematics and classification of the Sacoglossa (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia)". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society London B Biological Sciences 351(1335 ): 91-122. doi:10.1098/rstb.1996.0006.
- 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.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
- Jensen K. R. (November 2007). "Biogeography of the Sacoglossa (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia)" Archived 2013-10-05 at the Wayback Machine. Bonner zoologische Beiträge 55(2006)(3-4): 255–281.
- Marcus E. D. B. R. (March 1972). "On some opisthobranchs from Florida". Bulletin of Marine Science 22(2): 284-308.
Further reading
- 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.
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