Idaliadoris brasiliensis

Idaliadoris brasiliensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Nudibranchia
Superfamily:	Onchidoridoidea
Family:	Onchidorididae
Genus:	Idaliadoris
Species:	I. brasiliensis
Binomial name
Idaliadoris brasiliensis (Alvim, Padula & Pimenta, 2011) [1]
Synonyms [2] [3]
Atalodoris brasiliensis(Alvim, Padula & Pimenta, 2011) superseded combination Knoutsodonta brasiliensis(Alvim, Padula & Pimenta, 2011) superseded combination Onchidoris brasiliensis(Alvim, Padula & Pimenta, 2011)

Idaliadoris brasiliensis is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Onchidorididae. ^[2]

Distribution

This species was described from Praia do Forno, Arraial do Cabo, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. ^[1]

Diet

The animals feed and lay eggs on the bryozoan Parasmittina protecta (Thornely, 1905). ^{[1] [4]}

References

1. Alvim J., Padula V. & Pimenta A. Dias (2011) First record of the genus Onchidoris (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia: Onchidorididae) from the South Atlantic Ocean, with the description of a new species from Brazil.] Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 91: 505-511.
2. MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Idaliadoris brasiliensis (Alvim, Padula & Pimenta, 2011). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1618237 on 2025-09-09
3. Hallas J.M. & Gosliner T.M. (2015). Family matters: The first molecular phylogeny of the Onchidorididae Gray, 1827 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 88: 16-27, page(s): 25
4. Padula, V. (2013) Knoutsodonta brasiliensis In Koehler, E. Medslugs.de, accessed on 2016-01-15.

External links

• Furfaro, G., Trainito, E., Fantin, M., D'Elia, M., Madrenas, E. & Mariottini, P. (2022). "Mediterranean matters: Revision of the family Onchidorididae (Mollusca, Nudibranchia) with the description of a new genus and a new species". Diversity. 2023 (15).