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Carmona, L. (2020). Investigating the amphiatlantic status of Facelina bostoniensis (Couthouy, 1838) (Nudibranchia: Aeolidida). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 86(1): 64-71.
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Carmona, L.
2020
Investigating the amphiatlantic status of <em>Facelina bostoniensis</em> (Couthouy, 1838) (Nudibranchia: Aeolidida)
Journal of Molluscan Studies
86(1): 64-71
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The aeolid species Facelina bostoniensis (Couthouy, 1838) was originally described from Massachusetts and was later reported from the Eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. So far, no molecular systematic study of its amphiatlantic status has been carried out. Phylogenetic analyses (maximum likelihood and Bayesian) of DNA sequence data for the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I and 16S rRNA genes confirm the amphiatlantic status of F. bostoniensis. My findings show that this species is restricted to the Atlantic realm and that the species recorded from the Mediterranean is not F. bostoniensis but F. vicina (Bergh, 1882). It is hypothesized that previous records of F. bostoniensis from the Mediterranean Sea were actually misidentifications of F. vicina.
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Acanthopsole vicina Bergh, 1882 accepted as Facelina vicina (Bergh, 1882) (subsequent type designation)
Eolidia janii Vérany, 1846 (status source)
Eolidia panizzae Vérany, 1846 (status source)
Eolis bostoniensis Couthouy, 1838 accepted as Facelina bostoniensis (Couthouy, 1838) (subsequent type designation)
Eolis curta Alder & Hancock, 1843 accepted as Facelina bostoniensis (Couthouy, 1838) (source of synonymy)
Eolis drummondi W. Thompson, 1844 accepted as Facelina bostoniensis (Couthouy, 1838) (source of synonymy)
Eolis gigas A. Costa, 1866 (status source)
Eolis tenuibranchialis Alder & Hancock, 1845 accepted as Facelina bostoniensis (Couthouy, 1838) (source of synonymy)
Facelina bostoniensis (Couthouy, 1838) (basis of record)
Facelina vicina (Bergh, 1882) (redescription)
Eolidia janii Vérany, 1846 (status source)
Eolidia panizzae Vérany, 1846 (status source)
Eolis bostoniensis Couthouy, 1838 accepted as Facelina bostoniensis (Couthouy, 1838) (subsequent type designation)
Eolis curta Alder & Hancock, 1843 accepted as Facelina bostoniensis (Couthouy, 1838) (source of synonymy)
Eolis drummondi W. Thompson, 1844 accepted as Facelina bostoniensis (Couthouy, 1838) (source of synonymy)
Eolis gigas A. Costa, 1866 (status source)
Eolis tenuibranchialis Alder & Hancock, 1845 accepted as Facelina bostoniensis (Couthouy, 1838) (source of synonymy)
Facelina bostoniensis (Couthouy, 1838) (basis of record)
Facelina vicina (Bergh, 1882) (redescription)
New Hampshire for Eolis bostoniensis Couthouy, 1838
Senegalese Exclusive Economic Zone for Berghia marinae Carmona, Pola, Gosliner & Cervera, 2014
Senegalese Exclusive Economic Zone for Berghia marinae Carmona, Pola, Gosliner & Cervera, 2014
