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Babakina Roller 1973

Description

BABAKINA ROLLER, 1973

Type species: Babaina festiva Roller, 1972: 416, figures 1–9.

Diagnosis: Pleuroproctic Aeolidina, with the cerata arranged in numerous rows along both sides of the body, not in separate groups. Notal brim well developed. Foot corners tentaculiform. Uniseriate radula with triangular rachidian tooth. Rachidian tooth with lateral denticles on either side of the central cusp. Rhinophores sharing a common base. Masticatory border of jaws with 3–4 rows of denticles.

Reproductive system with a diaulic arrangement. Penis unarmed, without penial glands. Prostate uniform, with a proximal receptaculum seminis and a distal bursa copulatrix.

Notes

Published as part of Gosliner, Terrence M., González-Duarte, Manuel M. & Cervera, Juan Lucas, 2007, Revision of the systematics of Babakina Roller, 1973 (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia) with the description of a new species and a phylogenetic analysis, pp. 671-689 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 151 (4) on page 672, DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00331.x, http://zenodo.org/record/10114578

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Roller
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Order
Nudibranchia
Family
Babakinidae
Genus
Babakina
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Babakina Roller, 1973 sec. Gosliner, González-Duarte & Cervera, 2007

References

  • Roller RA. 1973. Babakina, new name for Babaina Roller, 1972, preoccupied. Veliger 16: 117 - 118.
  • Roller RA. 1972. Three new species of eolid nudibranchs from the west coast of North America. Veliger 14: 416 - 423.