Babakina | |
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Babakina indopacifica | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
Family: | Babakinidae |
Genus: | Babakina Roller, 1973[1] |
Type species | |
Babaina festiva Roller, 1972 | |
Diversity[2] | |
4 species | |
Synonyms[3] | |
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Babakina is a genus of sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Flabellinoidea.[5] The genus is named after the Japanese malacologist Kikutaro Baba (1905-2001).[6]
Babakina is in the subfamily Babakininae within the family Flabellinidae in the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, (2005).[3] Babakina is the type genus of the subfamily Babakininae.[3]
Gosliner et al. (2007)[2] have elevated Babakinidae to the family level with the only genus Babakina.
There are four species within the genus Babakina:
In 2022 Babakina anadoni was found off the coast of the Isles of Scilly. Previously this rare 2cm long species was only known from a handful of specimens found along the west coast of Spain and further south in the Atlantic.[7]