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Elysia margaritae Fez, 1962

182791  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:182791)

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Species
marine
Fez S. de (1962). Dos nuevos ascoglossos y un <i>Doto</i> en el puerto de Valencia. <i>Boletin de la real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural (B) 60</i>: 105-112 [details]   
Taxonomy Several authors have synonymised Elysia margaritae with other species of Elysia. Thompson and Jaklin (1988) considered it...  
Taxonomy Several authors have synonymised Elysia margaritae with other species of Elysia. Thompson and Jaklin (1988) considered it as a junior synonym of Elysia timida, without any justification, whereas Bouchet (1984) considered it a junior synonym of E. viridis, also providing no arguments. However, Ortea et al. (1998), discussing Canary Islands E. timida specimens, considered E. margaritae a valid species; moreover, they proposed that Elysia gordanae should be considered a junior synonym. Regarding the latter statement, we have to point out that E. gordanae has a serrated edge to its radular teeth, and rounded edges of the parapodia, with small white protuberances, which have not been mentioned for E. margaritae. This leads us to consider both species to be different. Our conclusion is that E. margaritae is a valid species, because of its unique colour pattern, large size, and smooth radular teeth. Nevertheless, the lack of additional specimens with this morphology collected since its original description in 1962, even though the eastern Iberian coasts have been intensively studied over the last three decades by several authors, and the lack of data about the size of the radular teeth, suggests that some doubts about its true taxonomic identity still exist. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Elysia margaritae Fez, 1962. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2024) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marbef.org/data./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=182791 on 2024-03-28
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2024). European Register of Marine Species. Elysia margaritae Fez, 1962. Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org/data../aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=182791 on 2024-03-28
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original description Fez S. de (1962). Dos nuevos ascoglossos y un <i>Doto</i> en el puerto de Valencia. <i>Boletin de la real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural (B) 60</i>: 105-112 [details]   

basis of record Martín-Hervás, M. R., Carmona, L., Jensen, K. R., Krug, P. J., Vitale, F. & Cervera, J. L. (2024 [nomenclatural availability: 2023]). A global phylogeny of <i>Elysia</i> Risso, 1818 (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia): molecular systematic insights focusing on European taxa and description of a new species. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 200(3): 670-689., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad086
page(s): figs 4G-H, 7I-J [details]   
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Several authors have synonymised Elysia margaritae with other species of Elysia. Thompson and Jaklin (1988) considered it as a junior synonym of Elysia timida, without any justification, whereas Bouchet (1984) considered it a junior synonym of E. viridis, also providing no arguments. However, Ortea et al. (1998), discussing Canary Islands E. timida specimens, considered E. margaritae a valid species; moreover, they proposed that Elysia gordanae should be considered a junior synonym. Regarding the latter statement, we have to point out that E. gordanae has a serrated edge to its radular teeth, and rounded edges of the parapodia, with small white protuberances, which have not been mentioned for E. margaritae. This leads us to consider both species to be different. Our conclusion is that E. margaritae is a valid species, because of its unique colour pattern, large size, and smooth radular teeth. Nevertheless, the lack of additional specimens with this morphology collected since its original description in 1962, even though the eastern Iberian coasts have been intensively studied over the last three decades by several authors, and the lack of data about the size of the radular teeth, suggests that some doubts about its true taxonomic identity still exist. [details]
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