Hesione Savigny

Genus Hesione Savigny View in CoL in Lamarck, 1818

Hesione splendida Savigny in Lamarck, 1818

DISTRIBUTION: NA, CA, SA.

LITERATURE RECORDS: Grube 1864; Stossich 1883; Carus 1884; Graeffe 1905; Santucci 1922; Vatova 1928, 1932; Fauvel 1934; Gamulin-Brida 1967; Gamulin-Brida et al. 1968; Bellan 1969; Banse 1970; Amoureux & Katzmann 1971; Katzmann 1972; Marcuzzi 1972; Požar-Domac 1983, 1986; Sordino 1989; Špan et al. 1989; Požar-Domac 1994; Zahtila 1995; Zavodnik & Kovačić 2000; Nonnis et al. 2002; Castelli et al. 2008. OTHER REPORTED NAMES: Hesione pantherina Risso, 1826 ; Fallacia sicula Delle Chiaje.

REMARKS: According to F. Pleijel ( pers. comm.), it is dubious whether the several colour polymorphic varieties of the genus Hesione represent several or one species. This is also the case of H. splendida and H. pantherina Risso, 1826 , and for this reason, all the records of the two species in the Adriatic Sea are listed as H. splendida .