Runcina coronata (Quatrefages, 1844)
(a sea slug)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesRuncina coronata (a sea slug)
FamilyRUNCINIDAE (a family of marine gastropods)
SuperfamilyRUNCINOIDEA (a superfamily of molluscs)
OrderRUNCINACEA (a superfamily of molluscs)
InfraclassOpisthobranchia (opisthobranchs)
SubclassHETEROBRANCHIA (a subclass of molluscs)
ClassGASTROPODA (slugs and snails)
PhylumMOLLUSCA (slugs, snails, bivalves, octopus, sea slugs)
SuperphylumLOPHOTROCHOZOA (molluscs and relatives)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Runcina coronata (a sea slug) :
1: Runcina coronata (a sea slug)
6 Apr 2012 OSGR: SY67 50° 40’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
on rock in shallow sublittoral
Image 1: Animal - curled over - ventral view - magnified - white backgroundImage 2: Animal - curled over - ventral view - magnified - white background (2)Image 3: Animal - curled over - ventral view - magnified - white background (3)Image 4: Animal - extended but tail curled down - ventral view - magnified - white backgroundImage 5: Animal - extended - dorsal view - magnified - white backgroundImage 6: Animal - extended - dorsal view - magnified - white background (2)Image 7: Animal - extended - left latero-dorsal view - magnified - white backgroundImage 8: Animal - extended - right latero-dorsal view - magnified - white backgroundImage 9: Animal - extended - right latero-dorsal view - magnified - white background (2)Image 10: Animal - extended - right latero-dorsal view - magnified - white background (3)Image 11: Animal - extended - right latero-dorsal view - magnified - white background (4)Image 12: Animal - extended - right latero-dorsal view - magnified - white background (5)Image 13: Animal - extended - right latero-dorsal view - magnified - white background (6)Image 14: Animal - extended - ventral view - magnified - white backgroundImage 15: Animal - extended - ventral view - magnified - white background (2)Image 16: Animal - extended - ventral view - magnified - white background (3)Image 17: Animal - partly curled over - ventral view - magnified - white backgroundImage 18: Animal - partly curled over - ventral view - magnified - white background (2)Image 19: Animal - partly extended - dorsal view - magnified - white backgroundImage 20: Animal - partly extended - dorsal view - magnified - white background (2)Image 21: Animal - partly extended - dorsal view - magnified - white background (3)Image 22: Animal - partly extended - dorsal view - magnified - white background (4)Image 23: Animal - partly extended - left latero-dorsal view - magnified - white backgroundImage 24: Animal - partly extended - left latero-dorsal view - magnified - white background (2)Image 25: Animal - partly extended - left latero-dorsal view - magnified - white background (3)Image 26: Animal - partly extended - left latero-dorsal view - magnified - white background (4)Image 27: Animal - partly extended - right latero-dorsal view - magnified - white backgroundImage 28: Animal - partly extended - ventral view - magnified - white backgroundImage 29: Animal - partly extended - ventral view - magnified - white background (2)Image 30: Animal - partly extended - ventral view - magnified - white background (3)

Runcina coronata (a sea slug) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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