Lady Godiva
Nemesignis banyulensis
Classification
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Nudibranchia
- Family
- Myrrhinidae
Nemesignis banyulensis, unique représentant du genre Nemesignis, est une espèce de mollusques nudibranches de la famille des Myrrhinidae (anciennement des Facelinidae), que l'on trouve en Méditerranée. Elle est parfois appelée Godiva orange. Systématique L'espèce Nemesignis banyulensis a été décrite en 1960 par Adolf Portmann (1897-1982) et Esther Sandmeier (d) sous le protonyme Dondice banyulensis.
Lady Godiva (; died between 1066 and 1086), in Old English Godgifu, was a late Anglo-Saxon noblewoman who is relatively well documented as the wife of Leofric, Earl of Mercia, and a patron of various churches and monasteries. She is mainly remembered for a legend dating back to at least the 13th century, in which she rode naked – covered only by her long hair – through the streets of Coventry to gain a remission of the oppressive taxation that her husband, Leofric, imposed on his tenants. The name "Peeping Tom" for a voyeur originates from later versions of this legend, in which a man named…
Dondice banyulensis es un molusco gasterópodo perteneciente a la familia Facelinidae. Es una especie endémica del mediterráneo, que habita en fondos rocosos a profundidades que oscilan entre los 10 y los 30 metros de profundidad. Su alimentación es a base de hidropólipos y briozoos.
Distribution
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Dondice trainitoi
Dondice trainitoi
Myrrhinidae
four-colour nudibranch
Godiva quadricolor
Myrrhinidae
Eolis de Farran
Amphorina farrani
Eubranchidae
crested aeolis
Antiopella cristata
Janolidae
Berghia azurée
Berghia coerulescens
Aeolidiidae
Cadline translucide
Cadlina pellucida
Cadlinidae
Faceline de quatrefages
Caloria quatrefagesi
Facelinidae
Candiella striata
Candiella striata
Tritoniidae