Colga (gastropod)

Colga is a genus of sea slugs, specifically nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs in the family Polyceridae.

Colga
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Polyceroidea
Family: Polyceridae
Subfamily: Triophinae
Genus: Colga
Bergh, 1880
Synonyms
  • Issa Bergh, 1881 (Unnecessary substitute name for Colga)
  • Issena Iredale & O'Donoghue, 1923 (Nom. nov. pro Issa Bergh, 1881, non Walker, 1867)

Species

Species in the genus Colga include:[1]

  • Colga minichevi Martynov & Baranets, 2002
  • Colga pacifica (Bergh, 1894)
  • Colga ramosa (Verrill & Emerton, 1881)
  • Colga villosa (Odhner, 1907)

References
  1. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxlist accessed 30 September 2010
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