Carronella, Korshunova, Tatiana, Martynov, Alexander, Bakken, Torkild, Evertsen, Jussi, Fletcher, Karin, Mudianta, I Wayan, Saito, Hiroshi, Lundin, Kennet, Michael Schroedl, & Picton, Bernard, 2017

Korshunova, Tatiana, Martynov, Alexander, Bakken, Torkild, Evertsen, Jussi, Fletcher, Karin, Mudianta, I Wayan, Saito, Hiroshi, Lundin, Kennet, Michael Schroedl, & Picton, Bernard, 2017, Polyphyly of the traditional family Flabellinidae affects a major group of Nudibranchia: aeolidacean taxonomic reassessment with descriptions of several new families, genera, and species (Mollusca, Gastropoda), ZooKeys 717, pp. 1-139 : 42

Carronella gen. n. Figs 34, 35, 36

Type species.

Eolis pellucida Alder & Hancock, 1843.

Etymology.

After Loch Carron, a sea loch on the west of the Scottish Highlands, where numerous specimens of Eolis pellucida have been observed over many years, feeding on Eudendrium arbusculum growing on flame shell ( Limaria hians ) reefs.

Diagnosis.

Body relatively wide. Notal ridge present, reduced, discontinuous, in several indistinct pieces which continue to low elevations of cerata, in several groups. Rhinophores smooth, similar in size to oral tentacles. Anterior foot corners present. Anus pleuroproctic. Distinct oral glands. Rachidian teeth with narrow compressed cusp and distinct denticles. Lateral teeth smooth with attenuated process basally. Distal and proximal receptaculum seminis. Moderately long vas deferens without distinct prostate. Penis conical.

Species included.

Carronella enne sp. n., Carronella pellucida (Alder & Hancock, 1843), comb. n. (Fig. 36) (original description in Alder and Hancock 1843; original description of radula in Alder and Hancock 1845-1855).

Remarks.

The genus Carronella gen. n. differs from other genera of the family Flabellinidae s. str. by the absence of distinct ceratal elevations or stalks and by the presence of smooth lateral denticles. The absence of distinct elevations or stalks represents a plesiomorphic feature, but according to the molecular phylogenetic analysis Carronella appears in a quite derived position (Figs 1, 2). This is therefore one more interesting case of discrepancy between morphological and molecular data that needs to be further investigated.