Stirring up the muck: the systematics of soft-sediment Fionidae (Nudibranchia: Aeolidina) from the tropical Indo-Pacific.

ABSTRACT: The tropical Indo-Pacific aeolid nudibranchs of the Fionidae are poorly known and have not been studied in a concerted manner. Many undescribed species are found throughout the Indian and Pacific Oceans and are concentrated in the Coral Triangle. With the recent publication of a revised systematic arrangement of the Fionidae, documentation and description of new taxa of Fionidae is especially warranted. Here we describe Tenellia bughaw Kim & Gosliner sp. nov., Tenellia puti Kim & Gosliner sp. nov., Tenellia nakapila Kim & Gosliner sp. nov., Abronica payaso Kim & Gosliner, sp. nov. and Abronica turon Gosliner & Kim sp. nov. from the waters of the Coral Triangle. Their phylogenetic placement in Fionidae is reviewed using three genes: cytochrome oxidase I (C

SUBMITTER: Kim AY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11648685 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature