A phylogenetic analysis and systematic revision of the cryptobranch dorids (Mollusca, Nudibranchia, Anthobranchia)
Author
Valdés, Ángel
text
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
2002
2002-12-31
136
4
535
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10.1046/j.1096-3642.2002.00039.x
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GENUS
ARTACHAEA
BERGH, 1882
Artachaea
Bergh, 1882: 231
.
Type
species:
Artachaea rubida
Bergh, 1882
, by monotypy.
Figure 46.
Conualevia marcusi
(CASIZ 071531). A, general view of the anatomy; scale bar = 1 mm. B, reproductive system; scale bar = 1 mm. C, lateral view of the buccal bulb; scale bar = 0.5 mm. D, central nervous system; scale bar = 0.5 mm. E, ventral view of the mouth area; scale bar = 1 mm.
Remarks
The genus
Artachaea
was described by
Bergh (1882)
based on the new species
Artachaea rubida
Bergh, 1882
. He defined this new genus as having a not too hard consistency and a coarsely granulated dorsum. The anterior border of the foot is rounded, and apparently simple, but there are oral tentacles. There are no jaws and the radular teeth are finely denticulate. The penis is armed with spines.
Bergh (1882)
recognized the similarity of
Artachaea
with members of the genus
Cadlina
Bergh, 1878
, but they are clearly differentiated by the presence of jaws. Unfortunately, the
type
material of
Artachaea rubida
is lost (K. Jensen, pers. comm.), and clarification of its systematic relationships is not possible.
Eliot (1908)
Eales (1938)
and
White (1950)
assigned more species to this genus, some of them armed with copulatory spines.