Aiteng
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| Family: | Aitengidae Swennen & Buatip, 2009[2]
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| Genus: | Aiteng Swennen & Buatip, 2009[2]
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Aiteng is a genus of sea slugs, a marine gastropod molluscs.[2]
Aiteng is the only genus in the family Aitengidae.[2]
The generic name Aiteng is derived from the name of a black puppet Ai Theng, which is one of the shadow play (Nang yai) puppets in southern Thailand.[2]
Taxonomy
Swennen & Buatip (2009)[2] tentatively classified Aitengidae within the Sacoglossa,[2] but they noted that some characteristics of the nervous system are similar to those of the Cephalaspidea and Acochlidioidea (mentioned as Acochlidea).[2]
Aitengidae clusters within the Hedylopsacea as sister group to Pseudunelidae and Acochlidiidae or basal within Hedylopsacea.[1] Philippe Bouchet (2010)[3] classified Aitengidae within the superfamily Hedylopsoidea.[3]
Species
Species in the genus Aiteng include:
- Aiteng ater Swennen & Buatip, 2009[2] - is the only (described) species in the genus Aiteng
- nomen nudum Aiteng mysticus from Japan[4][5] - This still undescribed species was found in Hisamatsu, Miyako Island, Okinawa, Japan.[1] Morphologically it clearly belongs to the Aitengidae, but shows differences to Aiteng ater at genus or species level.[1] Its affinity to Aiteng ater is confirmed by comparison of the mitochondrial 16S rRNA-sequences.[1]
Distribution
The distribution of Aiteng ater includes Thailand.[2] The distribution of Aiteng mysticus includes Japan.[1]
Ecology
Aiteng ater lives "amphibiously" in mangrove forests in the intertidal zone, on the mud.[2]
References
This article incorporates CC-BY-2.0 text from the reference.[1]
- ^ a b c d e f g h Jörger K. M., Stöger I., Kano Y., Fukuda H., Knebelsberger T. & Schrödl M. (2010). "On the origin of Acochlidia and other enigmatic euthyneuran gastropods, with implications for the systematics of Heterobranchia". BMC Evolutionary Biology 10: 323. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-10-323.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Swennen C. & Buatip S. "Aiteng ater, new genus, new species, an amphibious and insectivorous sea slug that is difficult to classify [Mollusca: Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia: Sacoglossa(?): Aitengidae, new family]". The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 57(2): 495–500. PDF.
- ^ a b Bouchet P. (2010). "Aitengidae". Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=547522 on 2010-11-28
- ^ Neusser T. P., Fukuda H., Jörger K. M., Kano Y. & Schrödl M. (in press) "Sacoglossa or Acochlidia? 3D-reconstruction, molecular phylogeny and evolution of Aiteng ater and Aiteng mysticus n. sp. (Aitengidae, Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies.
- ^ Neusser T. P., Jörger K. M. & Schrödl M. (2011). "Cryptic Species in Tropic Sands - Interactive 3D Anatomy, Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution of Meiofaunal Pseudunelidae (Gastropoda, Acochlidia)". PLoS ONE 6(8): e23313. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0023313.
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