Acanthodoris

Acanthodoris
Acanthodoris hudsoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Nudibranchia
Superfamily:	Onchidoridoidea
Family:	Acanthodorididae
Genus:	Acanthodoris (Gray, 1850)
Type species
Doris pilosaAbildgaard, 1789
Diversity
18 species (in this list)

Acanthodoris is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Acanthodorididae. ^[1]

The genus is believed to have originated in the Atlantic Ocean in the Cretaceous period and spread to the Pacific Ocean. ^[2]

The relationships of Acanthodoris to the other genera in the superfamily Onchidoridoidea were evaluated by molecular phylogeny in 2015. ^[3] and in 2024. ^[4]

Species

Species within this genus include: ^[1]

• Acanthodoris armata O'Donoghue, 1927 (taxon inquirendum)
• Acanthodoris atrogriseata O'Donoghue, 1927
• Acanthodoris brunnea MacFarland, 1905
• Acanthodoris caerulescens Bergh, 1880 (taxon inquirendum)
• Acanthodoris falklandica Eliot, 1907
• Acanthodoris globosa Abraham, 1877
• Acanthodoris hudsoni MacFarland, 1905
• Acanthodoris lutea MacFarland, 1925
• Acanthodoris metulifera Bergh, 1905
• Acanthodoris mollicella Abraham, 1877
• Acanthodoris nanaimoensis O'Donoghue, 1921
• Acanthodoris nanega Burn, 1969
• Acanthodoris pilosa (Abildgaard in Müller, 1789) - type species
• Acanthodoris pina Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967
• Acanthodoris planca Fahey & Valdés, 2005 ^[5]
• Acanthodoris rhodoceras Cockerell in Cockerell & Eliot, 1905 ^[5]
• Acanthodoris vatheleti Rochebrune & Mabille, 1891 ^[5] (nomen dubium)

Species brought into synonymy

• Acanthodoris bifida(Verrill, 1870): synonym of Acanthodoris pilosa(Abildgaard in Müller, 1789)
• Acanthodoris citrina(Verrill, 1879): synonym of Acanthodoris pilosa(Abildgaard in Müller, 1789)
• Acanthodoris columbinaMacFarland, 1926: synonym of Acanthodoris nanaimoensisO'Donoghue, 1921
• Acanthodoris ornata (Verrill, 1879): synonym of Acanthodoris pilosa (Abildgaard in Müller, 1789)
• Acanthodoris pallidaBergh, 1905: synonym of Acanthodoris pilosa(Abildgaard in Müller, 1789)
  • Acanthodoris pilosa ornata(Verrill, 1879): synonym of Acanthodoris pilosa(Abildgaard in Müller, 1789)
• Acanthodoris serpentinotusWilliams & Gosliner, 1979: synonym of Acanthodoris pinaEv. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967
• Acanthodoris stellata(Gmelin, 1791): synonym of Acanthodoris pilosa(Abildgaard in Müller, 1789)
• Acanthodoris stohleriLance, 1968: synonym of Acanthodoris pinaEv. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967
• Acanthodoris subquadrata(Alder & Hancock, 1845): synonym of Acanthodoris pilosa(Abildgaard in Müller, 1789)
• Acanthodoris uchidaiBaba, 1935: ^[5] synonym of Acanthomira uchidai (Baba, 1935) (superseded combination)

References

1. Gofas, S. (2015). Acanthodoris Gray, 1850. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-01-09
2. Hallas, J.M., Simison, W.B. & Gosliner, T.M. (2016) Dating and biogeographical patterns in the sea slug genus Acanthodoris Gray, 1850 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 97: 19–31.
3. Hallas, JM and Gosliner, TM. (2015) Family Matters: the first molecular phylogeny of the Onchidorididae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 88: 16–27.
4. Ekimova, I. A.; Nikitenko, E.; Stanovova, M.; Schepetov, D. M.; Antokhina, T. I.; Valdés, Á. (2024). "Integrative taxonomy and phylogeography of the genus Acanthodoris (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia) in the Russian seas, with the description of a new genus". Zoosystematica Rossica. 33 (2).
5. Fahey S. & Valdés A. (2005). A review of Acanthodoris Gray, 1850 with a Phylogenetic Analysis of Onchidorididae Alder and Hancock, 1845 (Mollusca, Nudibranchia). Archived July 21, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 56: 213–272.

• Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN   0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
• 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

External links

• Fahey S.J. & Valdés A. (2002). "Review of Acanthodoris Gray, 1850 with a phylogenetic analysis of Onchidorididae Alder and Hancock, 1845 (Mollusca, Nudibranchia)" (PDF). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. 56 (20).
• Hallas J.M., Simison W.B. & Gosliner T.M. (2016). "Dating and biogeographical patterns in the sea slug genus Acanthodoris Gray, 1850 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 97.