Tayuva is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Discodorididae. [1]
Dayrat (2010) places Discodoris lilacina (Gould, 1852) in the genus Tayuva Marcus & Marcus, 1967 (type species by original designation: Tayuva ketos Marcus & Marcus, 1967, from Pacific coast of Mexico) on the basis of a synapomorphy “a muscular wall in the distal portion of the reproductive system”. Discodoris lilacina in the current sense (e.g. Valdés, 2002) is indicated as “Tayuva lilacina of tropical Indo-West Pacific”, and several worldwide species currently recognized as valid are subsumed: Tayuva ketos as “Tayuva lilacina of Panamic Eastern Pacific” (contra Valdés, 2002 who holds Tayuva as a synonym of Discodoris and Discodoris ketos (Marcus & Marcus, 1967) as a valid species); Peltodoris hummelincki Marcus & Marcus, 1963 as “Tayuva lilacina of the Caribbean Sea”; Discodoris maculosa Bergh, 1884 as “Tayuva lilacina of the Mediterranean and Eastern European Atlantic”. Dayrat nevertheless acknowledges (p. 78) that “The name T. lilacina, as used here, likely refers to a species complex”. Alternatively these could be treated as valid species under Discodoris, following Valdés' (2002) view. [1]
Tayuva is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Discodorididae.
Tayuva es un género de moluscos nudibranquios de la familia Discodorididae.[2]
Especies cuyo nombre ha dejado de ser aceptado por sinonimia:
Tayuva es un género de moluscos nudibranquios de la familia Discodorididae.
Tayuva lilacina (Gould, 1852) è un mollusco nudibranchio della famiglia Discodorididae.[1]
Fino a 5 centimetri.
Raro, reperibile nell'Oceano Atlantico orientale e nel Mar Mediterraneo, su fondali rocciosi fino a 20 metri di profondità.
Tayuva lilacina (Gould, 1852) è un mollusco nudibranchio della famiglia Discodorididae.
Tayuva is een geslacht van weekdieren uit de klasse van de Gastropoda (slakken).
Tayuva is een geslacht van weekdieren uit de klasse van de Gastropoda (slakken).