Knoutsodonta

Knoutsodonta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Nudibranchia
Infraorder:	Doridoidei
Superfamily:	Onchidoridoidea
Family:	Onchidorididae
Genus:	Knoutsodonta ; Hallas & Gosliner, 2015
Type species
	Adalaria jannaeMillen, 1987;

Last updated September 11, 2025

Knoutsodonta is a genus of dorid nudibranchs in the family Onchidorididae.^[2] The radular teeth are an unusual shape^[3] and a molecular phylogeny study showed that they are not closely related to some other species of Onchidoris within which genus they were formerly placed.^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Knoutsodonta include:

Knoutsodonta albonigra(Pruvot-Fol, 1951)
Knoutsodonta bouvieri(Vayssière, 1919)
Knoutsodonta brasiliensis(Alvim, Padula & Pimenta, 2011)^[2]
Knoutsodonta cervinoi(Ortea & Urgorri, 1979)
Knoutsodonta depressa(Alder & Hancock, 1842)^[2]
Knoutsodonta inconspicua(Alder & Hancock, 1851)
Knoutsodonta jannae(Millen, 1987) - type species ^[2]
Knoutsodonta jannaella(Martynov, N. Sanamyan & Korshunova, 2015)
Knoutsodonta maugeansis(Burn, 1958)
Knoutsodonta neapolitana(Delle Chiaje, 1841)
Knoutsodonta oblonga(Alder & Hancock, 1845)^[2]
Knoutsodonta pictoniFurfaro & Trainito, 2017
Knoutsodonta pusilla(Alder & Hancock, 1845)
Knoutsodonta reticulata (Ortea, 1979)
Knoutsodonta sparsa (Alder & Hancock, 1846)
Knoutsodonta tridactila (Ortea & Ballesteros, 1982)

References

1 2 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. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2015.03.015.
1 2 3 4 5 Bouchet, P. (2015). Knoutsodonta Hallas & Gosliner, 2015. In: MolluscaBase (2018). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2018-09-10.
↑ Alvim, J.; Padula, V.; Pimenta, A. D. (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 (2): 505–511. doi:10.1017/S002531541000202X.

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[HG2015-1] 1 2 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. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2015.03.015.

[WoRMS-2] 1 2 3 4 5 Bouchet, P. (2015). Knoutsodonta Hallas & Gosliner, 2015. In: MolluscaBase (2018). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2018-09-10.

[Alvim2011-3] Alvim, J.; Padula, V.; Pimenta, A. D. (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 (2): 505–511. doi:10.1017/S002531541000202X.

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