MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Hancockiidae MacFarland, 1923

ERMS taxon details

Hancockiidae MacFarland, 1923

AphiaID

23054 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:23054)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Dendronotoidea Allman, 1845

Original name

Hancockiidae MacFarland, 1923

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Genus Hancockia Gosse, 1877
Genus Govia Trinchese, 1885 accepted as Hancockia Gosse, 1877

Environment

marine

Original description

MacFarland, F. M. (1923). The morphology of the nudibranch genus Hancockia. Journal of Morphology. 38(1): 65-104.
page(s): 90; note: original spelling Hancockidae [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Hancockiidae MacFarland, 1923. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2021) European Register of Marine Species at: http://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=23054 on 2026-01-22

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Hancockiidae MacFarland, 1923. Accessed at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php/js/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=23054 on 2026-01-22

Taxonomic edit history

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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2009-08-14 09:49:04Z

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2011-05-02 05:18:47Z

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2017-10-30 23:19:26Z

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Picton, Bernard

2025-12-21 00:10:24Z

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original description MacFarland, F. M. (1923). The morphology of the nudibranch genus Hancockia. Journal of Morphology. 38(1): 65-104.
page(s): 90; note: original spelling Hancockidae [details]

taxonomy source Goodheart, J. A.; Bazinet, A. L.; Valdés, Á.; Collins, A. G.; Cummings, M. P. (2017). Prey preference follows phylogeny: evolutionary dietary patterns within the marine gastropod group Cladobranchia (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia: Nudibranchia). BMC Evolutionary Biology. 17(1)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-017-1066-0 [details]

basis of record Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia. 47 (1-2): 1-397. [20 July]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25127200 [details] Available for editors

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