Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS)

ERMS taxon details

Ancula Lovén, 1846

AphiaID

138038 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138038)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Polycera cristata Alder, 1841 accepted as Ancula gibbosa (Risso, 1818) (type by monotypy)

Parent

Anculinae Pruvot-Fol, 1954

Direct children (2)

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Species Ancula gibbosa (Risso, 1818)
Species Ancula sulphurea W. Stimpson, 1853 accepted as Ancula gibbosa (Risso, 1818) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

marine

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ancula Lovén, 1846. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138038 on 2025-05-20

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Ancula Lovén, 1846. Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org//www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138038 on 2025-05-20

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2005-04-15 07:47:28Z

changed

Cuvelier, Daphne

2010-10-16 15:09:18Z

checked

Bouchet, Philippe

2013-10-11 07:21:18Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2023-12-15 22:22:22Z

changed

Picton, Bernard

Licensing

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basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]

status source Paz-Sedano, S.; Moles, J.; Smirnoff, D.; Gosliner, T. M.; Pola, M. (2024). A combined phylogenetic strategy illuminates the evolution of Goniodorididae nudibranchs (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Heterobranchia). <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 107990., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2023.107990 [details] Available for editors

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ancula)
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Unreviewed

Ancula gibbosa

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