Okenia digitata

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Okenia digitata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Onchidoridoidea
Family: Goniodorididae
Genus: Okenia
Species:
O. digitata
Binomial name
Okenia digitata
(Edmunds, 1966)
Synonyms

Teshia digitataEdmunds, 1966 [1]

Okenia digitata is a species of sea slug, specifically a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae.

Distribution

This species was described from Ghana. It has also been reported from Angola. [2]

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References

  1. Edmunds, M. (1966). "Teshia digitata gen and sp. nov., a dorid nudibranch from Ghana". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 37 (2): 69–72. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.mollus.a064979.
  2. Vallès Y., Valdés Á. & Ortea J. (2000). On the phanerobranch dorids of Angola (Mollusca, Nudibranchia): a crossroads of temperate and tropical species. Zoosystema. 22(1): 15-31.