The extraordinary genus Myja is not a tergipedid, but related to the Facelinidae s. str. with the addition of two new species from Japan (Mollusca, Nudibranchia).

ABSTRACT: Morphological and molecular data are presented for the first time in an integrative way for the genus Myja Bergh, 1896. In accordance with the new molecular phylogenies, the traditional Facelinidae is paraphyletic. Herein is presented the phylogenetic placement of true Facelinidae s. str., including the first molecular data for F.auriculata (Müller, 1776), type species of the genus Facelina Alder & Hancock, 1855. The taxonomic history of F.auriculata is reviewed. The genus Myja is related to the clade Facelinidae s. str., but shows disparate morphological traits. Two new species of the genus Myja, M.karin sp. n., and M.hyotan sp. n., are described from the Pacific waters of Japan (middle Honshu), and M.cf.longicornis Ber

SUBMITTER: Martynov A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6354008 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature