Myja

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Myja
Myja cf. longicornis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Family: Facelinidae
Genus: Myja
Bergh, 1896[1]

Myja is a genus of small, delicate sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Facelinidae.[2]

Species[edit]

Species within the genus Myja include:[3]

  • Myja hyotan Martynov, Mehrotra, Chavanich, Nakano, Kashio, Lundin, Picton & Korshunova, 2019
  • Myja karin Martynov, Mehrotra, Chavanich, Nakano, Kashio, Lundin, Picton & Korshunova, 2019
  • Myja longicornis Bergh, 1896

References[edit]

  1. ^ Bergh, L.S.R. (1896). Eolidiens d'Amboine. Revue Suisse de Zoologie. 4(2): 385-394., Myja, p. 389
  2. ^ Martynov, A.; Mehrotra, R.; Chavanich, S.; Nakano, R.; Kashio, S.; Lundin, K.; Picton, B.; Korshunova, T. (2019). The extraordinary genus Myja is not a tergipedid, but related to the Facelinidae s. str. with the addition of two new species from Japan (Mollusca, Nudibranchia). ZooKeys. 818: 89-116.
  3. ^ MolluscaBase (2018). Myja Bergh, 1896. Accessed on 2019-01-24