Babakina
Genus of gastropods
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Babakina is a genus of aeolid nudibranchs and the only memeber of the family Babakinidae.[5] The genus is named after the Japanese malacologist Kikutaro Baba (1905-2001).[6]
| Babakina | |
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| Babakina indopacifica | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Aeolidacea |
| Superfamily: | Aeolidioidea |
| Family: | Babakinidae Roller, 1973 |
| Genus: | Babakina Roller, 1973[1] |
| Type species | |
| Babaina festiva Roller, 1972 | |
| Diversity[2] | |
| 4 species | |
| Synonyms[3] | |
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Taxonomy
Babakina was placed 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.
Species
There are four species within the genus Babakina:[7]
- Babakina anadoni (Ortea, 1979)[2]
- Babakina caprinsulensis (Miller, 1974)[2]
- Babakina festiva (Roller, 1972) - type species[2]
- Babakina indopacifica Gosliner, Gonzáles-Duarte & Cervera, 2007[2]
In 2022, Babakina anadoni was found off the coast of the Isles of Scilly. Previously this rare 2 cm long species was only known from a handful of specimens found along the west coast of Spain and further south in the Atlantic.[8]
