Okenia

Okenia is a genus of colorful sea slugs, specifically of dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Goniodorididae.[2]

Okenia
Okenia atkinsonorum, Nelson Bay NSW, head end towards the left
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Onchidoridoidea
Family: Goniodorididae
Genus: Okenia
Menke, 1830[1]
Type species
Idalia elegans
Leuckart, 1828
Synonyms[2]
  • Bermudella Odhner, 1941
  • Cargoa Vogel & Schultz, 1970
  • Ceratodoris Gray, 1850
  • Echinodoris Bergh, 1874
  • Hopkinsia MacFarland, 1905
  • Hopkinsiella Baba, 1938
  • Idalia Leuckart, 1828 (invalid: junior homonym of Idalia Huebner, [1820]; Okenia and Idalina are replacement names)
  • Idaliella Bergh, 1881
  • Idalina Norman, 1890
  • Sakishimaia Hamatani, 2001
  • Teshia Edmunds, 1966

Species

Species within the genus Okenia include:

Species names considered to be synonyms:

  • Okenia ascidicola M.P. Morse, 1972: synonym of Okenia aspersa (Alder & Hancock, 1845)
  • Okenia dautzenbergi Vayssière, 1919: synonym of Okenia aspersa (Alder & Hancock, 1845)
  • Okenia modesta (A. E. Verrill, 1875): synonym of Okenia aspersa (Alder & Hancock, 1845)
  • Okenia plana Baba, 1960[5]
  • Okenia polycerelloides (Ortea & Bouchet, 1983): synonym of Okenia zoobotryon (Smallwood, 1910)
  • Okenia pulchella Alder & Hancock, 1854: synonym of Okenia aspersa (Alder & Hancock, 1845)
  • Okenia pusilla Sordi, 1974: synonym of Okenia cupella (Vogel & Schultz, 1970)
  • Okenia quadricornis (Montagu, 1815): synonym of Okenia aspersa (Alder & Hancock, 1845)

References
  1. Menke (1830). Synopsis ed. 2, 10.
  2. Okenia Menke, 1830. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 January 2019.
  3. Edmunds M. (2009) "Opisthobranchiate Mollusca from Ghana: Goniodorididae". Journal of Conchology 40(1): 37-54. abstract Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine.
  4. Gosliner T.M. 1987. Nudibranchs of Southern Africa ISBN 0-930118-13-8
  5. Gosliner T. M. (2004). "Phylogenetic Systematics of Okenia, Sakishmaia, Hopkinsiella and Hopkinsia (Nudibranchia: Goniodorididae) with descriptions of new species from the tropical Indo-Pacific". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 55(5): 125-161. PDF.
  6. Gosliner T. M. (2010). "Two New Species of Nudibranch Mollusks From the Coast of California". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 66: 623-631. PDF Archived 2010-10-01 at the Wayback Machine
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: pp. 180–213.

Further reading
  • Behrens David W., 1980, ‘’Pacific Coast Nudibranchs: a guide to the opisthobranchs of the northeastern Pacific’’, Sea Challenger Books, California
  • http://www.catalogueoflife.org accessed 25 August 2009
  • Data related to Okenia at Wikispecies
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