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{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}
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| image              = Babakina indopacifica.JPG
| image_caption      = Babakina indopacifica
| familia_authority  =
| taxon              = Babakina
| authority    = Roller, 1973<ref>[[Richard A. Roller|Roller R. A.]] (1 July 1973). ''The Veliger'' '''16'''(1): 118.</ref>
| diversity_ref      = <ref name="Gosliner 2007"/>
| diversity_link     = #Species
| diversity          = 4 species
| synonyms_ref       = <ref name="Bouchet 2005"/>
| synonyms           = * Babainidae <small>Roller, 1972</small> (inv.)<ref>[[Richard A. Roller|Roller R. A.]] (1 April) 1972. The Veliger, 14(4): 416.</ref>
* ''Babaina'' <small>Roller, 1972</small> <small>(invalid: junior homonym of Babaina Odhner, 1968; Babakina is a replacement name)</small>
* ''Rioselleolis'' <small>Ortea, 1979</small>
| type_species       = ''Babaina festiva'' <small>Roller, 1972</small>
}}
'''''Babakina''''' is a [[genus]] of [[sea slug]]s, aeolid [[nudibranch]]s, [[marine (ocean)|marine]] [[gastropod]] [[mollusk]]s in the superfamily [[Flabellinoidea]].<ref name="WoRMS">Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011). Babakina Roller, 1973. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=181255 on 2012-06-03</ref> The genus is named after the Japanese malacologist [[Kikutaro Baba]] (1905-2001).<ref name="DORIS2022">{{cite web |title=BABAKINE D'ANADON |url=https://doris.ffessm.fr/Especes/Babakina-anadoni-Babakine-d-Anadon-4501 |website=Données d'Observations pour la Reconnaissance et l'Identification de la faune et la flore Subaquatiques |publisher=DORIS |access-date=5 August 2022}}</ref>
== Taxonomy ==
''Babakina'' is in the subfamily '''Babakininae''' within the family [[Flabellinidae]] in the [[Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005)|taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, (2005)]].<ref name="Bouchet 2005">{{Bouchet 2005}}</ref> ''Babakina'' is the type genus of the subfamily Babakininae.<ref name="Bouchet 2005"/>
Gosliner et al. (2007)<ref name="Gosliner 2007"/> have elevated '''Babakinidae''' to the family level with the only genus ''Babakina''.
==Species==
There are four species within the genus ''Babakina'':
* ''[[Babakina anadoni]]'' <small>(Ortea, 1979)</small><ref name="Gosliner 2007"/>
* ''[[Babakina caprinsulensis]]'' <small>(Miller, 1974)</small><ref name="Gosliner 2007"/>
* ''[[Babakina festiva]]'' <small>(Roller, 1972)</small> - type species<ref name="Gosliner 2007"/>
* ''[[Babakina indopacifica]]'' <small>Gosliner, Gonzáles-Duarte & Cervera, 2007</small><ref name="Gosliner 2007">Gosliner T. M., Gonzáles-Duarte M. M. & Cervera J. L. (2007). "Revision of the systematics of ''Babakina'' Roller, 1973 (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia) with the description of a new species and a phylogenetic analysis". ''[[Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society]]'' '''151'''(4): 671–689. {{doi|10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00331.x}}.</ref>
In 2022 ''Babakina anadoni'' was found off the coast of the [[Isles of Scilly]]. Previously this rare 2cm long species was only known from a handful of specimens found along the west coast of Spain and further south in the Atlantic.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Horton |first=Helena |date=4 August 2022 |title=Rare coloured sea slug spotted in British waters for first time |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/aug/04/rare-coloured-sea-slug-spotted-in-british-waters-for-first-time |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220804205132/https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/aug/04/rare-coloured-sea-slug-spotted-in-british-waters-for-first-time |archive-date=4 August 2022 |access-date=4 August 2022 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}</ref>
== References ==
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