Limacina helicina

Limacina helicina
A live individual of Limacina helicina
A live individual of Limacina helicina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Euopisthobranchia
Order: Pteropoda
Family: Limacinidae
Genus: Limacina
Species:
L. helicina
Binomial name
Limacina helicina
(Phipps, 1774)[1]
Synonyms[6]
  • Argonauta arctica O. Fabricius, 1780[2]
  • Clio helicina Phipps, 1774 (original combination)
  • Limacina helicialis Lamarck, 1819[3]
  • Spiratella helicina (Phipps, 1774)
  • Spiratella limacina Blainville, 1824[4]
  • Limacina helicina var. typica Meisenheimer, 1906[5]
  • Spiratella planospira Rehder, 1942

Limacina helicina is a species of small swimming planktonic sea snail, in the family Limacinidae. It belongs to the group commonly known as sea butterflies (Thecosomata).[7][8]

Limacina helicina is a keystone species of mesozooplankton in Arctic pelagic ecosystems.[9][10][11]

The first written record of this species was by Friderich Martens from Spitsbergen in 1675.[12][13] Limacina helicina was also observed during a 1773 expedition to the Arctic led by Constantine John Phipps on the ships HMS Racehorse and on HMS Carcass and the species was described one year later, in 1774.[1]

Limacina helicina is the type species of the genus Limacina.[14]

In contrast to the traditional view, it was shown in 2010 that the distribution of this species is not bipolar; Arctic and Antarctic individuals belong to two genetically distinct species: Limacina helicina in the Arctic, and Limacina antarctica in the Antarctic.[11][15]

  1. ^ a b Phipps C. J. (1774). A Voyage towards the North Pole undertaken by His Majesty's Command 1773. J. Nourse, London, viii + 253 pp. Page 195.
  2. ^ (in Latin) Fabricius O. (1780). Fauna Groenlandica systematice sistens animalis Groenlandiae occidentalis hactenus indagata. Hafniae et Lipsiae. J. G. Rothe pp. XVI + 452 + 1 pl. Page 386-388.
  3. ^ (in French) Lamarck J.-B. (1819). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Paris. Volume 6. page 291.
  4. ^ (in French) de Blainville H. M. D. (1824). In: Cuvier F. (ed.). (1804-1845). Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles dans lequel on traite méthodiquement des différens êtres de la nature. Levrault, Strasbourg & Paris, and Le Normant, Paris, 32: page 284.
  5. ^ (in German) Meisenheimer J. (1906). Die Pteropoden der deutschen Sud-polar Expedition 1901-1903. In: Deutsche Sudpolar-Expedition 1901-1903. 9 (Zool.), 1(2): 92-152, pl. 5-7. page 96-98. Plate 5, figure 1 a-b, 3.
  6. ^ "Limacina helicina (Phipps, 1774)". CLEMAM, accessed 29 January 2011.
  7. ^ Bouchet P. & Gofas S. (2011). Limacina helicina (Phipps, 1774). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140223 on 2011-02-07
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference Gannefors 2005 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ Cite error: The named reference Sato-Okoshi 2010 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  10. ^ Cite error: The named reference Comeau 2009 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  11. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Comeau 2010 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  12. ^ (in German) Martens F. (1675). Spitzbergische oder Groenlandische Reise Beschreibung gethan im Jahr 1671. Schultzen, Hamburg. page 110
  13. ^ Cite error: The named reference Gilmer 1991 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  14. ^ Janssen A. W. (2007). "Holoplanktonic Mollusca (Gastropoda: Pterotracheoidea, Janthinoidea, Thecosomata and Gymnosomata) from the Pliocene of Pangasinan (Luzon, Philippines)". Scripta Geologica 137 http://www.scriptageologica.nl/07/nr135/a02 Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine
  15. ^ Cite error: The named reference Hunt 2010 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).