Gulenia borealis is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Flabellinidae.[2]

Gulenia borealis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Superfamily: Fionoidea
Family: Flabellinidae
Genus: Gulenia
Species:
G. borealis
Binomial name
Gulenia borealis
(Odhner, 1922)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Coryphella borealis Odhner, 1922
  • Flabellina borealis (Odhner, 1922)

Distribution

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This species was described from Norway. It has been found in deeper waters of the North Sea associated with the sea pen Funiculina quadrangularis.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Odhner, N. H. (1922). Norwegian opisthobranchiate Mollusca in the collections of the Zoological Museum of Kristiania. Nyt Magazin for Naturvidenskaberne 60:1-47, Accessed 2015.10.26
  2. ^ a b Gulenia borealis (Odhner, 1922). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 January 2019.
  3. ^ Korshunova, T.; Martynov, A.; Bakken, T.; Evertsen, J.; Fletcher, K.; Mudianta, W.; Saito, H.; Lundin, K.; Schrödl, M.; Picton, B. (2017). Polyphyly of the traditional family Flabellinidae affects a major group of Nudibranchia: aeolidacean taxonomic reassessment with descriptions of several new families, genera, and species (Mollusca, Gastropoda). ZooKeys. 717: 1-139.