Antiopella barbarensis

Antiopella barbarensis
	Antiopella barbarensis from Santa Cruz, California
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Heterobranchia
Order:	Nudibranchia
Suborder:	Cladobranchia
Family:	Janolidae
Genus:	Antiopella
Species:	A. barbarensis
Binomial name
	Antiopella barbarensis; (J. G. Cooper, 1863)
Synonyms
	Janolus barbarensis (J. G. Cooper, 1863)

Antiopella barbarensis, common name Santa Barbara janolus,^[2] is a colourful sea slug, a cladobranch nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Janolidae.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Antiopella barbarensis from Santa Cruz, California - head closeup

Distribution

Antiopella barbarensis is a commonly found nudibranch on the Pacific coast inhabiting tide pools of La Jolla, California.^[6] Populations also expand to some parts of Costa Rica.

Behrens 1991 gives the distribution as "San Francisco Bay to Baja California, Gulf of California, Mexico".^[7]

References

^ Cooper, J.G. (1863). On new or rare Mollusca inhabiting the coast of California. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 3(1): 56-60
^ 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.
^ MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Antiopella barbarensis (J. G. Cooper, 1863). Accessed on 2020-10-20.
^ McDonald, Gary R. (2009). Nudibranch Systematic Index, second edition. Institute of Marine Sciences. UC Santa Cruz: Institute of Marine Sciences.
^ Rudman, W.B., 2000 (June 29) Janolus barbarensis (Cooper, 1863). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
^ "Santa Barbara Janolus (Antiopella barbarensis)". iNaturalist.org. Retrieved 2016-05-19.
^ Behrens, David W. 1991. Pacific Coast Nudibranchs. Sea Challengers: Monterey, California.

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[1] Cooper, J.G. (1863). On new or rare Mollusca inhabiting the coast of California. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 3(1): 56-60

[2] 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.

[WoRMS-3] MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Antiopella barbarensis (J. G. Cooper, 1863). Accessed on 2020-10-20.

[4] McDonald, Gary R. (2009). Nudibranch Systematic Index, second edition. Institute of Marine Sciences. UC Santa Cruz: Institute of Marine Sciences.

[5] Rudman, W.B., 2000 (June 29) Janolus barbarensis (Cooper, 1863). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.

[6] "Santa Barbara Janolus (Antiopella barbarensis)". iNaturalist.org. Retrieved 2016-05-19.

[7] Behrens, David W. 1991. Pacific Coast Nudibranchs. Sea Challengers: Monterey, California.

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Antiopella barbarensis

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