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Ancula gibbosa
Ancula gibbosa
Pacific Ancula
Photographer: Lovell and Libby Langstroth
Organization: California Academy of Sciences
Collection: CalAcademy

ID: 0000 0000 0505 0679 (2005-05-08)

Copyright © 2005 California Academy of Sciences

 
INFORMATION PROVIDED WITH THE PHOTO
  • date of photo  Aug 1987
  • latitude 36.81856   longitude -121.79270   max error distance 26012 meters     View on Google Maps.
  • horizontal datum World Geodetic System 1984
  • georeferencing source GeoLocate
  • location   Monterey Bay (Monterey County, California, US)
  • family Goniodorididae
  • order Nudibranchia
  • class Gastropoda
  • habitat  Low intertidal/subtidal
  • notes   This Pacific ancula was found on a blade of kelp in shallow water. The species may feed on hydroids and bryozoans.
  • camera   Olympus system for macrophotography
  • photo category: Animal - Invertebrate-Other

  • MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS ANIMAL
  • common names   Pacific Ancula (ITIS )
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    1. Reviewed by Gary McDonald    Sep 24, 2009

    Action: changed name from "Ancula pacifica" to "Ancula gibbosa "

    Reviewer's comments:
         "Ancula pacifica is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Ancula gibbosa. see: THOMPSON, T. E., & G. H. BROWN. 1984. Biology of opisthobranch molluscs, vol. 2, 229 pp., 41 pls. Ray Society, no. 156."

     
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