Caloria

Caloria
Caloria indica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Nudipleura clade Nudibranchia clade Dexiarchia clade Cladobranchia clade Aeolidida
Superfamily:	Aeolidioidea
Family:	Facelinidae
Subfamily:	Facelininae
Genus:	Caloria Trinchese, 1888[1]
Type species
Caloria maculata Trinchese, S., 1888

Caloria is a genus of colorful sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs. They are marine gastropod molluscs in the family Facelinidae. ^[2]

Species

Species within the genus include:

• Caloria elegans (Alder & Hancock, 1845)^[3]
• Caloria indica (Bergh, 1896)^[4]
• Caloria rosea (Bergh, 1888)
• Caloria sp. 1 black-dot nudibranch^[5]
• Caloria sp. 2 yellow-tipped nudibranch^[5]

References

1. Trinchese S. (1888). Mem. Accad. Sci. Bologna (4)9: 87.
2. WoRMS (2011). Caloria Trinchese, 1888. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137996 on 2012-07-22
3. Gofas, S. (2010). Caloria elegans (Alder & Hancock, 1845). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139906 on 2011-01-08
4. Gofas, S. (2010). Caloria indica (Bergh, 1896). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=181240 on 2011-01-08
5. Gosliner, T.M. 1987. Nudibranchs of Southern Africa ISBN 0-930118-13-8

• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213