Ercolania
Encyclopedia
Ercolania is a genus
of small sacoglossa
n sea slug
s, shell-less marine
opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Limapontiidae.
Invalid species named Ercolania include:
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of small sacoglossa
Sacoglossa
Sacoglossa, commonly known as the sacoglossans or the "sap-sucking sea slugs", are a clade of small sea slugs and sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks that belong to the clade Heterobranchia...
n sea slug
Slug
Slug is a common name that is normally applied to any gastropod mollusc that lacks a shell, has a very reduced shell, or has a small internal shell...
s, shell-less marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Limapontiidae.
Species
Species within the genus Ercolania include 24 valid species:- Ercolania annelyleorum Wagele, Stemmer, Burghardt & Handeler, 2010
- Ercolania boodleae (Baba, 1938)
- Ercolania coerulea Trinchese, 1892
- Ercolania evelinae (Marcus, 1959)
- Ercolania endophytophaga Jensen, 1999
- Ercolania erbsus (Marcus & Marcus, 1970)
- Ercolania felina (Hutton, 1882)
- Ercolania fuscata (Gould, 1870)
- Ercolania gopalai (Rao, 1937)
- Ercolania irregularisErcolania irregularisErcolania irregularis is a species of sacoglossan sea slug, a shelless marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Limapontiidae....
(Eliot, 1904) - Ercolania kencolesiErcolania kencolesiErcolania kencolesi is a species of sacoglossan sea slug, a shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Limapontiidae.This sea slug lives on the alga Boergesenia forbesii and also within its tubes. It also feed on this alga....
Grzymbowski, Stemmer & Wagele, 2007 - Ercolania lozanoi Ortea, 1981
- Ercolania margaritae Burn, 1974
- Ercolania nigra (Lemche, 1936)
- Ercolania pica (Annandale & Prashad, 1922)
- Ercolania raorum (Marcus & Marcus, 1970)
- Ercolania selva Ortea & Espinosa, 2001
- Ercolania siottii Trinchese, 1872
- Ercolania subviridis (Baba, 1959)
- Ercolania tentaculataErcolania tentaculataErcolania tentaculata is a species of sacoglossan sea slug, a shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Limapontiidae....
(Eliot, 1917) - Ercolania translucens Jensen, 1993
- Ercolania variansErcolania variansErcolania varians is a species of sacoglossan sea slug, a shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Limapontiidae....
(Eliot, 1904) - Ercolania viridis (A. Costa, 1866)
- Ercolania zanzibaricaErcolania zanzibaricaErcolania zanzibarica is a species of sacoglossan sea slug, a shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Limapontiidae....
Eliot, 1903
Invalid species named Ercolania include:
- Ercolania costai Pruvot-Fol, 1951
- Ercolania cricetae (Marcus & Marcus, 1970)
- Ercolania emarginata Jensen, 1985
- Ercolania funerea (Costa, 1867)
- Ercolania nigrovittata (A. Costa, 1866)
- Ercolania nigrovittata (Rao & Rao, 1963)
- Ercolania pancerii Trinchese, 1872
- Ercolania talis (Marcus & Marcus, 1956)
- Ercolania trinchesii Pruvot-Fol, 1951
- Ercolania uziellii Trinchese, 1872
- Ercolania vanellus Marcus, 1957