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Nanuca sebastiani is a species of sea slug, specifically an aeolid nudibranch. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Facelinidae. It is the only species of the genus Nanuca.

Distribution

The holotype of this species was found at Recife, State of Pernambuco, Brazil. It has been reported from Florida, Cuba and Brazil and Costa Rica as well as the Cape Verde Islands in the Eastern Atlantic Ocean.

References

1. ^ Marcus, Er. (1957). On Opisthobranchia from Brazil (2). Journal of the Linnean Society, London, Zoology 43(292):390-486.
2. Rosenberg, G. (2015). Nanuca sebastiani Er. Marcus, 1957. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-12-21
3. Rudman, W.B., 2003 (April 14) Nanuca sebastiani Marcus, 1957. Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
4. Ortea, J. A., E. Martínez, & G. Villani. (1994). Estudio comparado de animales de Nanuca sebastiani Marcus, 1957 (Mollusca: Nudibranchia: Aeolidacea) recolectados en aguas de Cuba y Brasil. Avicennia, Revista de Oceanología, Ecología y Biodiversidad Tropical 1:131-136.
5. Ortea, J. A., M. Caballer, & Jose Espinosa. (2003). Nuevos aeolidaceos (Mollusca: Gastropoda) de Costa Rica. Avicennia, Revista de Oceanología, Ecología y Biodiversidad Tropical 16:129-142.
6. Ortea, J. A., & L. Moro. (1998). Descripción de tres molluscos opistobranquios nuevos de las islas de Cabo Verde. Avicennia, Revista de Oceanología, Ecología y Biodiversidad Tropical 8-9:149-154.

• Facelinidae
• Gastropods described in 1957
• Molluscs of the Atlantic Ocean
• Molluscs of Brazil
• Gastropods of Cape Verde
• Molluscs of Central America
• Invertebrates of Cuba
• Monotypic gastropod genera