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Olea hensoni Filho, Paulay & Krug, 2019

1354168  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1354168)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Galvão Filho, H., G. Paulay & P.J. Krug. (2019). Eggs sunny-side up: A new species of <i>Olea</i>, an unusual oophagous sea slug (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia: Sacoglossa), from the western Atlantic. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4614(3): 541-565., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4614.3.7
page(s): 545, figs 1, 4-7 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
Type locality contained in Florida Keys  
type locality contained in Florida Keys [details]
Etymology Named in honor of Jim Henson, creator of the muppets who educated and entertained generations of children while they ate...  
Etymology Named in honor of Jim Henson, creator of the muppets who educated and entertained generations of children while they ate their eggs for breakfast. As Kermit the Frog famously sang, “It’s Not Easy Bein’ Green,” a fitting allusion to the one lineage of sacoglossans that evolved away from herbivory among their many green relatives. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Olea hensoni Filho, Paulay & Krug, 2019. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1354168 on 2024-03-28
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original description Galvão Filho, H., G. Paulay & P.J. Krug. (2019). Eggs sunny-side up: A new species of <i>Olea</i>, an unusual oophagous sea slug (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia: Sacoglossa), from the western Atlantic. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4614(3): 541-565., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4614.3.7
page(s): 545, figs 1, 4-7 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Etymology Named in honor of Jim Henson, creator of the muppets who educated and entertained generations of children while they ate their eggs for breakfast. As Kermit the Frog famously sang, “It’s Not Easy Bein’ Green,” a fitting allusion to the one lineage of sacoglossans that evolved away from herbivory among their many green relatives. [details]

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