Martadoris

Martadoris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia ; clade Euthyneura ; clade Nudipleura ; clade Nudibranchia ; clade Euctenidiacea ; clade Doridacea
Superfamily:	Polyceroidea
Family:	Polyceridae
Subfamily:	Nembrothinae
Genus:	Martadoris; Willan & Chang, 2017 [1]

Last updated October 14, 2019

Martadoris is a genus of colorful sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Polyceridae.^[2]

A genus is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, as well as viruses, in biology. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial species name for each species within the genus.

Sea slug is a common name for some marine invertebrates with varying levels of resemblance to terrestrial slugs. Most creatures known as sea slugs are actually gastropods, i.e. they are sea snails that over evolutionary time have either completely lost their shells, or have seemingly lost their shells due to having a greatly reduced or internal shell. The name "sea slug" is most often applied to nudibranchs, as well as to a paraphyletic set of other marine gastropods without obvious shells.

Nudibranchs are a group of soft-bodied, marine gastropod molluscs which shed their shells after their larval stage. They are noted for their often extraordinary colours and striking forms, and they have been given colourful nicknames to match, such as "clown," "marigold," "splendid," "dancer," "dragon," or "sea rabbit." Currently, about 3,000 valid species of nudibranchs are known.

Species

Species in the genus Martadoris include:^[2]

Martadoris amakusana (Baba, 1987)
Martadoris divae (Er. Marcus, 1958)
Martadoris limaciformis (Eliot, 1908)
Martadoris mediterranea (Domínguez, Pola & Ramón, 2015)^[3]
Martadoris oliva (K. B. Meyer, 1977)

<i>Martadoris amakusana</i> species of mollusc

Martadoris amakusana is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Polyceridae. It was originally placed in Tambja before being re-assigned to the new genus Martadoris in 2017.

Martadoris divae is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Polyceridae.

Martadoris limaciformis is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Polyceridae.

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Martadoris oliva is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Polyceridae.

Martadoris mediterranea is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Polyceridae.

References

↑ Willan R.C. & Chang Y.-W. [Yen-Wei]. (2017). Description of three new species of Tambja (Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Polyceridae) from the western Pacific Ocean reveals morphological characters with taxonomic and phylogenetic significance for traditional Polyceridae and related 'phaneorobranch' nudibranchs. Basteria. 81(1-3): 1-23.
1 2 MolluscaBase (2018). Martadoris Willan & Chang, 2017. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2018-08-20.
↑ Domínguez M., Pola M. & Ramón M. (2015) "A new species of Tambja (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia) from the Mediterranean Sea: description of the first species of the genus from the Balearic Islands and Malta". Helgoland Marine Research 69: 429. doi : 10.1007/s10152-015-0429-4.

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[1] Willan R.C. & Chang Y.-W. [Yen-Wei]. (2017). Description of three new species of Tambja (Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Polyceridae) from the western Pacific Ocean reveals morphological characters with taxonomic and phylogenetic significance for traditional Polyceridae and related 'phaneorobranch' nudibranchs. Basteria. 81(1-3): 1-23.

[WoRMS-2] 1 2 MolluscaBase (2018). Martadoris Willan & Chang, 2017. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2018-08-20.

[3] Domínguez M., Pola M. & Ramón M. (2015) "A new species of Tambja (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia) from the Mediterranean Sea: description of the first species of the genus from the Balearic Islands and Malta". Helgoland Marine Research 69: 429. doi : 10.1007/s10152-015-0429-4.