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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Arminoidea: Proctonotidae

Janolus comis Er. Marcus, 1955


Range: 25.7°N to 24°S; 82.65°W to 45°W
Depth: 0 to 20 m (live 0 to 20 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 9  mm

Synonymy

Janolus comis Er. Marcus, 1955
Janolus costacubensis Ortea & Espinosa, 2000

Details


Janolus comis Er. Marcus, 1955, p. 170-173, fig. 226-236
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Island of Sao Sebastiao; Ubatuba, state of Sao Paulo
Range: 25.7°N to 24°S; 82.6°W to 45°W
Depth: 0 m (live 0 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 9 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida; Costa Rica; ABC Islands: Curacao; Bahamas: Abaco (Great or Little); Cuba, Brazil: Sao Paulo
References: Er. Marcus (1955) DdLlSEM; Marcus & Marcus (1960a) N{W}; Valdés et al. (2006) W

Janolus costacubensis Ortea & Espinosa, 2000a, p. 80-82, figs. 1a-e, 2a-c
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Miramar, coste Norte de La Habana, Cuba, 20-25 m
Range: 23.12°N to 9.63°N; 82.65°W to 82.42°W
Depth: 25 to 20 m (live 25 to 20 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 6 mm
Distribution: Costa Rica, Cuba: North Havana Province
References: Ortea & Espinosa (2000a) LlNSEWM; Valdés et al. (2006) s


Partial List of References

Marcus, E. 1955. Opisthobranchia from Brazil Bol. Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciêncies e Letras da Universidade de Sao Paulo, Zoologia 20 89-200, pl. 1-30.
Ortea, J. and J. Espinosa. 2000. Nueva especie del género Janolus Bergh, 1884 (Mollusca: Nudibranchia) de Cuba y Costa Rica Avicennia 12/13 79-83.

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