Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Heterobranchia
Infraclassis: Euthyneura
Cohors: Ringipleura
Superordo: Nudipleura
Ordo: Nudibranchia
Subordo: Cladobranchia
Superfamilia: Fionoidea
Familia: Fionidae
Genus: Fiona
Species (1): F. pinnata
[source: WoRMS
Name
Fiona Alder & Hancock in Forbes & Hanley, 1853
Synonyms
Dolicheolis
Oithona
References
Links
BHL bibliography
Catalogue of Life: 2020 Annual Checklist
Fiona – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Fiona.
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Nomenclator Zoologicus
Fiona is a genus of sea slugs, specifically aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Fionidae.[1] Fiona is the type genus of the family Fionidae.
Species
Species within the genus Fiona include:
Fiona pinnata (Eschscholtz, 1831)[2]
A study published in 2016 showed that Fiona pinnata is a species complex of at least three species.[3]
Ecology
Species of Fiona feed on goose barnacles and live on floating objects in the oceans worldwide.
References
Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2016). Fiona. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138007 on 2017-06-11
Eschscholtz J. F. (1831). Zoologischer Atlas - Beschreibungen neuer Thierarten, während des Flottcapitains von Kotzebue zweiter Reise um die Welt, auf der Russisch-Kaiserlichen Kriegsschlupp Predpriaetië in den Jahren 1823-1826. G. Reimer, Berlin pt. 4: 1-19, pl. 16-20.
Trickey, Jennifer S.; Thiel, Martin & Waters, Jonathan M. (2016). Transoceanic dispersal and cryptic diversity in a cosmopolitan rafting nudibranch. Invertebrate Systematics 30(3) 290-301 https://doi.org/10.1071/IS15052
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