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Hancockia californica

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Species of gastropod

Hancockia californica
Hancockia californica from Pillar Point, California
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia

clade Dendronotida
Superfamily: Tritonioidea
Family: Hancockiidae
Genus: Hancockia
Species: H. californica
Binomial name
Hancockia californica
MacFarland, 1923

Hancockia californica is a species of sea slug, an Eastern Pacific Ocean nudibranch, a marine, opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Hancockiidae.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off California, USA., Baja California, Mexico.

Hancockia californica from Santa Cruz, California

References

  1. Rosenberg, G. (2015). Hancockia californica MacFarland, 1923. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=581831 on 2016-05-21
  2. P.I., jurisdiction=New South Wales; corporateName=Australian Museum; author=Rudman, W.B., Firminger (15 July 2010). "The Sea Slug Forum – Hancockia californica". www.seaslugforum.net. Retrieved 20 May 2016. {{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Behrens, D., (1991) Pacific Coast Nudibranchs.
  • MacFarland, F.M. (1923) The morphology of the nudibranch genus Hancockia. Journal of Morphology, 38(1): 65–104, Pls 1–6.
  • MacFarland, F. M. (1966) Studies of opisthobranchiate mollusks of the Pacific coast of North America. Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences, 6: 1–546, pls. 1–72.
  • Turgeon, D.; Quinn, J.F.; Bogan, A.E.; Coan, E.V.; Hochberg, F.G.; Lyons, W.G.; Mikkelsen, P.M.; Neves, R.J.; Roper, C.F.E.; Rosenberg, G.; Roth, B.; Scheltema, A.; Thompson, F.G.; Vecchione, M.; Williams, J.D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp.
Taxon identifiers
Hancockia californica
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