Eastern Pacific Nudibranch News: Ancula pacifica accepted by WoRMS

Thank you @jeffgoddard for pointing out that WoRMS has accepted Ancula pacifica:

"I just noticed that WoRMS now accepts Ancula pacifica, following Behrens et al. (2022), who I know considered morphological and molecular genetic evidence, including Ian Smith's extensive account of A. gibbosa: https://www.flickr.com/photos/56388191@N08/51782089511. Ancula pacifica MacFarland, 1905 applies only to Ancula in the NE Pacific with three orange lines on the body between the rhinophores and gills, so this change on iNaturalist will not apply to all observations from the region currently referred to as A. gibbosa. Ancula pacifica usually ranges north to northern California, but in warm water years can be found as far north as Oregon and Washington, where it overlaps in distribution with A. gibbosa."

You may want to take a look at your Ancula observations to make sure they're IDd correctly, but there's a good chance Jeff and others already tidied up the names for you.

Softcover edition of Behrens et al, Nudibranchs and Sea Slugs of the Eastern Pacific, 2022 is available now at MolaMarine.com or Amazon.
Link: https://www.molamarine.com/

Posted on Μάρτιος 09, 2023 0353 ΠΜ by anudibranchmom anudibranchmom

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