Okenia - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Okenia is a genus of colorful sea slug

Slug

Slug is a common name that is normally applied to any gastropod mollusc that lacks a shell, has a very reduced shell, or has a small internal shell...

s, specifically of dorid

Doridacea

Doridacea is a taxonomic grouping of dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks. included in the clade Euctenidiacea of the clade Nudibranchia.- Taxonomy :*Superfamily Doridoidea**Family Dorididae**Family Actinocyclidae...

nudibranch

Nudibranch

A nudibranch is a member of what is now a taxonomic clade, and what was previously a suborder, of soft-bodied, marine gastropod mollusks which shed their shell after their larval stage. They are noted for their often extraordinary colors and striking forms...

s, marine

Marine (ocean)

Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...

gastropod mollusks in the family Goniodorididae

Goniodorididae

Goniodorididae are a taxonomic family of sea slugs, specifically dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the order Opisthobranchia.-Genera:Genera in the family Goniodorididae include:* Ancula Lovén, 1846* Goniodoris Forbes & Goodsir, 1939...

Species

Okenia academica Camacho-Garcia & Gosliner, 2004
Okenia africana Edmunds, 2009
Okenia amoenula (Bergh, 1907)
Okenia angelensis Lance, 1966
Okenia angelica Gosliner & Bertsch, 2004
Okenia ascidicola M.P. Morse, 1972
Okenia aspersa (Alder & Hancock, 1845)
Okenia atkinsonorum
Okenia atkinsonorum
Okenia atkinsonorum is a species of colorful sea slug, specifically a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae.-Distribution:...

Rudman, 2007
Okenia barnardi Baba, 1937
Okenia brunneomaculata Gosliner, 2004
Okenia cochimi Gosliner & Bertsch, 2004
Okenia cupella (Vogel & Schultz, 1970)
Okenia dautzenbergi Vayssière, 1919
Okenia digitata (Edmunds, 1966)
Okenia distincta Baba, 1940
Okenia echinata Baba, 1949
Okenia elegans
Okenia elegans
Okenia elegans is a species of a sea slug, specifically a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae....

(Leuckart, 1828) - type species
Okenia felis
Okenia felis
Okenia felis is a species of very small sea slug, specifically a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae. This species was first discovered in 2008 at Point Lobos State Reserve, in Monterey County, California, in by local divers...

Gosliner, 2010
Okenia hallucigenia Rudman, 2004
Okenia hiroi (Baba, 1938)
Okenia hispanica Valdes & Ortea, 1995
Okenia impexa Er. Marcus, 1957
Okenia japonica Baba, 1949
Okenia kendi Gosliner, 2004
Okenia kondoi (Hamatani, 2001) - originally described as Sakishimaia kondoi Hamatani, 2001
Okenia lambat Gosliner, 2004
Okenia leachii (Alder & Hancock, 1854)
Okenia liklik Gosliner, 2004
Okenia luna Millen, Schrödl, Vargas, & Indacochea, 1994
Okenia mediterranea (Ihering, 1886)
Okenia mellita Rudman, 2004
Okenia mexicorum Gosliner & Bertsch, 2004
Okenia mija Burn, 1967
Okenia miramarae Ortea & Espinosa, 2000
Okenia modesta (A. E. Verrill, 1875)
Okenia nakamotoensis (Hamatani, 2001)
Okenia pellucida Burn, 1967
Okenia pilosa (Bouchet & Ortea, 1983)
Okenia plana Baba, 1960
Okenia pulchella Alder & Hancock, 1854
Okenia purpurata Rudman, 2004
Okenia purpureolineata Gosliner, 2004
Okenia quadricornis (Montagu, 1815)
Okenia rhinorma Rudman, 2007
Okenia rosacea
Okenia rosacea
Okenia rosacea is a species of a sea slug, specifically a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae.They can be found along the coast of western North America from Oregon to Baja California....

(MacFarland, 1905)
Okenia stellata Rudman, 2004
Okenia vancouverensis (O'Donoghue, 1921)
Okenia vena Rudman, 2004
Okenia virginiae Gosliner, 2004
Okenia zoobotryon (Smallwood, 1910)

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