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{{Short description|Genus of gastropods}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Cratena_capensis.jpg
| image_caption = ''[[Cratena capensis]]''
| taxon = Cratena
| authority = [[Rudolph Bergh|Bergh]], 1864
| synonyms_ref = <ref name="WoRMS" />
| synonyms = ''Rizzolia'' <small>Trinchese, 1877</small>
| type_species = ''Doris peregrina''
| type_species_authority = Gmelin, 1791
}}
''Cratena'' is a [[genus]] of [[sea slug]]s, [[Aeolidioidea|aeolid]] [[nudibranch]]s, [[marine (ocean)|marine]] [[gastropod]] [[mollusc]]s in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Facelinidae]].<ref name="WoRMS">Bouchet, P. (2012). Cratena. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=146861 on 2012-07-22</ref>
''Cratena'' is the [[type genus]] of the subfamily [[Crateninae]].
==Species==
Species within the genus ''Cratena'' include:
* ''[[Cratena affinis]]''  <small>(Baba, 1949)</small>
* ''[[Cratena capensis]]'' <small>Barnard, 1927</small> - [[orange-eyed nudibranch]]
* ''[[Cratena lineata]]''  <small>Eliot, 1905</small>
* ''[[Cratena minor]]'' <small>Padula, Araújo, Matthews-Cascon & Schrödl, 2014</small>
* ''[[Cratena pawarshindeorum]]'' <small>Bharate, Padula, Apte & Shimpi, 2020</small>
* ''[[Cratena peregrina]]'' <small>(Gmelin, 1791)</small>
* ''[[Cratena pilata]]'' <small>(Gould, 1870)</small>
* ''[[Cratena poshitraensis]]'' <small>Bharate, Padula, Apte & Shimpi, 2020</small>
* ''[[Cratena scintilla]]'' <small>Ortea & Moro, 1998</small>
* ''[[Cratena simba]]'' <small>Edmunds, 1970</small>
* ''[[Cratena tema]]'' <small>Edmunds, 2015</small>
;Taxa inquirenda:
* ''Cratena cornuta'' <small>(Risbec, 1928)</small>
* ''Cratena diffusa'' <small>(Risbec, 1928)</small>
* ''Cratena grisea'' <small>(Risbec, 1928)</small>
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Cratena anulata'' <small>Baba, 1949</small>: synonym of ''[[Cuthona anulata]]'' <small>(Baba, 1949)</small>
* ''Cratena cavanca'' <small>Bergh, 1898</small>: synonym of ''[[Phidiana lottini]]'' <small>(Lesson, 1831)</small>
* ''Cratena exigua'' <small>Thiele, 1912</small>: synonym of ''[[Cuthona georgiana]]'' <small>(Pfeffer in Martens & Pfeffer, 1886)</small>
* ''Cratena fructuosa'' <small>Bergh, 1892</small>: synonym of ''[[Cuthona fructuosa]]'' <small>(Bergh, 1892)</small>
* ''Cratena genovae'' <small>O'Donoghue, 1929</small>: synonym of ''[[Cuthona genovae]]'' <small>(O'Donoghue, 1929)</small>
* ''Cratena gymnota'' <small>(Couthouy, 1838)</small>: synonym of ''[[Cuthona gymnota]]'' <small>(Couthouy, 1838)</small>
* ''Cratena hirsuta'' <small>Bergh, 1864</small>: synonym of ''[[Cuthona nana]]'' <small>(Alder & Hancock, 1842)</small>
* ''Cratena kaoruae'' <small>Marcus, 1957</small>: synonym of ''[[Cratena pilata]]'' <small>(Gould, 1870)</small><ref>Marcus, E. du B.-R. 1957: Notes on some opisthobranch gastropods from the Chesapeake Bay. ''Chesapeake science'', '''13'''(4): 300-317. {{doi|10.2307/1351113}} [https://www.jstor.org/stable/1351113 JSTOR]</ref>
* ''Cratena lugubris'' <small>Bergh, 1870</small>: synonym of ''[[Phestilla lugubris]]'' <small>(Bergh, 1870)</small>
* ''Cratena macphersonae'' <small>Burn, 1962</small>: synonym of ''[[Phyllodesmium macphersonae]]'' <small>(Burn, 1962)</small>
* ''Cratena nigricolora'' <small>Baba, 1955</small>: synonym of ''[[Catriona nigricolora]]'' <small>(Baba, 1955)</small>
* ''Cratena pinnifera'' <small>Baba, 1949</small>: synonym of ''[[Catriona pinnifera]]'' <small>(Baba, 1949)</small>
* ''Cratena piutaensis'' <small>Ortea, Caballer & Espinosa, 2003</small>: synonym of ''[[Anetarca piutaensis]]'' <small>(Ortea, Caballer & Espinosa, 2003)</small>
* ''Cratena puellula'' <small>Baba, 1955</small>: synonym of ''[[Cuthona puellula]]'' <small>(Baba, 1955)</small>
* ''Cratena pusilla'' <small>Bergh, 1898</small>: synonym of ''[[Cuthona pusilla]]'' <small>(Bergh, 1898)</small>
* ''Cratena valentini'' <small>Eliot, 1907</small>: synonym of ''[[Cuthona valentini]]'' <small>(Eliot, 1907)</small>
* ''Cratena venusta'' <small>Baba, 1949</small>: synonym of ''[[Catriona venusta]]'' <small>(Baba, 1949)</small>
* ''Cratena veronicae'' <small>A. E. Verrill, 1880</small>: synonym of ''[[Cuthona veronicae]]'' <small>(A. E. Verrill, 1880)</small>
* ''Cratena vittata'' <small>(Alder & Hancock, 1842)</small>: synonym of ''[[Eubranchus vittatus]]'' <small>(Alder & Hancock, 1842)</small>
* ''Cratena yatsui'' <small>Baba, 1930</small>: synonym of ''[[Herviella yatsui]]'' <small>(Baba, 1930)</small>
==References==
{{Commons category|Cratena}}
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{{Reflist}}
* [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34761413 Bergh R. 1864. ''Anatomiske bidrag til kundskab om Aeolidierne''. Det Kongelige Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter, Naturvidenskabelige og Mathematiske Afdeling, 7: 139–316]
* [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12222898 ICZN. (1966). Opinion 776. ''Cratena Bergh, 1864 (Gastropoda): Added to the Official List of Generic Names''. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 23: 93-94]
* [https://archive.today/20130415130622/http://mollus.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/31/2/52 Paper on nomenclature]
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[[Category:Facelinidae]]