Janolus barbarensis
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| Janolus barbarensis from Santa Cruz, California | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
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clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Family: | Proctonotidae |
| Genus: | Janolus |
| Species: | J. barbarensis |
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Janolus barbarensis (J. G. Cooper, 1863) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Antiopella barbarensis (J. G. Cooper, 1863) |
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clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia
Antiopella barbarensis (J. G. Cooper, 1863)
Janolus barbarensis, common name Santa Barbara janolus, is a colorful sea slug, an arminina nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Proctonotidae.
Janolus barbarensis is a commonly found nudibranch on the Pacific coast inhabiting tide pools of La Jolla, California. Populations also expand to some parts of Costa Rica.
Behrens 1991 gives the distribution as 'San Francisco Bay to Baja California, Gulf of California, Mexico.'
• Cooper, J.G. (1863). On new or rare Mollusca inhabiting the coast of California. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 3(1): 56-60
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