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Learchis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Facelinidae

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Aeolidioidea

Rank
  
Genus

Similar
  
Caloria, Caloria indica, Phidiana, Facelinidae, Dicata

Nudibranch at founders park learchis poica


Learchis is a genus of sea slugs, specifically of aeolid nudibranchs.

Contents

White learchis poica


Species

Species in this genus include:

  • Learchis evelinae Edmunds & Just, 1983
  • Learchis ignis Crescini, De Sisto & Villalba, 2013
  • Learchis poica Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1960

    • Species treated as synonyms

  • Learchis indica Bergh, 1896: synonym of Caloria indica (Bergh, 1896) - type species of Learchis

    • Validity of the genus

    According to Article 42.3. of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature which states:

    Application of genus-group names. The application of each genus-group name is determined by reference to the type species of the nominal taxon that it denotes.

    The species currently allocated here to Learchis should be moved with Learchis indica to the genus Caloria.

    References

    Learchis Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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