Kynaria cynara

Short description: Species of gastropod

Kynaria cynara

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  |

Animalia

Phylum:  |

Mollusca

Class:  |

Gastropoda

(unranked):  |

clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia
clade Aeolidida

Superfamily:  |

Flabellinoidea

Family:  |

Flabellinidae

Genus:  |

Kynaria

Species:  |

K. cynara

Binomial name
Kynaria cynara

(Marcus, Er. & Marcus, Ev., 1967)[1]

Kynaria cynara is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Flabellinidae.[2]

## Distribution

This species was described from the Gulf of California. It was redescribed from further material from the Pacific coast of Mexico.[3] It has been reported as far south as Peru.[4]

## Description

The description of Flabellina fogata includes a table comparing similar species from Mexico.[3]

Species | Rhinophores | Ground colour | Colour of cerata | Living size (mm)

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Coryphellina marcusorum | Red, papillate posteriorly | Bright pink | Pink, purple and yellow | < 20
Samla telja | Yellow or brown, perfoliate | Light pink, white spots | Brownish pink | < 24
Edmundsella vansyoci | Pink, verrucose | Rose pink | Rose pink, white spots | < 15
Flabellina bertschi | White, smooth | White | Reddish pink, white tips | < 8
Orienthella fogata | Translucent orange, annulate | Translucent orange | Red with white spots | < 15
Kynaria cynara | White with purple tips, perfoliate | Pink with purple markings | Salmon & purple, white spots | < 12

## References

1. ↑ Marcus, Er. & Marcus, Ev. (1967) American opisthobranch mollusks. Part 2, Opisthobranchs from the Gulf of California. Studies Tropical Oceanography, Miami, 6(1-2): 141-256. (Figs 1-95)
2. ↑ Bouchet, P. (2015). Flabellina cynara (Marcus & Marcus, 1967). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-26
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Millen S. & Hermosillo A. (2007) The genus Flabellina Voight, 1834 (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia) from Bahia de Banderas (Pacific coast of Mexico) with ecological observations, the description of a new species, and the redescription of Flabellina cynara. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences ser.4, 58(26): 543-559. page(s): 556
4. ↑ Hermosillo, A., 2002 (March 30) Flabellina cynara (Marcus and Marcus, 1967). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.

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