Fiona is a genus of sea slugs, specifically aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Fionidae.[1] Fiona is the type genus of the family Fionidae.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
| Superfamily: | Fionoidea |
| Family: | Fionidae |
| Genus: | Fiona Alder & Hancock [in Forbes & Hanley], 1853 |
Species
editSpecies within the genus Fiona include:
- Fiona pinnata (Eschscholtz, 1831)[2]
A study published in 2016 showed that Fiona pinnata is a species complex of at least three species.[3]
Ecology
editSpecies of Fiona feed on goose barnacles and live on floating objects in the oceans worldwide.
References
edit- ^ Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2016). Fiona. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138007 on 2017-06-11
- ^ Eschscholtz J. F. (1831). Zoologischer Atlas - Beschreibungen neuer Thierarten, während des Flottcapitains von Kotzebue zweiter Reise um die Welt, auf der Russisch-Kaiserlichen Kriegsschlupp Predpriaetië in den Jahren 1823-1826. G. Reimer, Berlin pt. 4: 1-19, pl. 16-20.
- ^ Trickey, Jennifer S.; Thiel, Martin & Waters, Jonathan M. (2016). Transoceanic dispersal and cryptic diversity in a cosmopolitan rafting nudibranch. Invertebrate Systematics 30(3) 290-301 https://doi.org/10.1071/IS15052