Okenia elegans

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Okenia elegans
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Rathlin Island, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Onchidoridoidea
Family: Goniodorididae
Genus: Okenia
Species:
O. elegans
Binomial name
Okenia elegans
(Leuckart, 1828) [1]
Synonyms
  • Idalia elegansLeuckart, 1828
  • Euplocamus laciniosusPhilippi, 1841 [2]
  • Idalia cirrigeraPhilippi, 1844 [3]
  • Idalia dautzenbergiVayssière, 1919

Okenia elegans, the yellow skirt slug, is a species of a sea slug, specifically a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae. [4] [5] It is the type species of its genus.

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Drawing of Okenia elegans from Kunstformen der Natur (1904) Okenia elegans.png
Drawing of Okenia elegans from Kunstformen der Natur (1904)

Distribution

This species was described from near Sète on the Mediterranean Sea coast of France. It is reported from the adjacent Atlantic Ocean as far north as Scotland. [6] [7]

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References

  1. ↑ Leuckart F. S. (1828). Breves animalium quorundam maxima ex parte marinorum descriptiones. Heidelberg, Oßwald, 24 pp., Okenia elegans is on the page 15, one unnumbered plate, figures 2a-b.
  2. ↑ Philippi R. A., 1841: Zoologische Bemerkungen; Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin 7: 42-59; pl. 5
  3. ↑ Philippi R. A., 1844: Enumeratio molluscorum Siciliae cum viventium tum in tellure tertiaria fossilium, quae in itinere suo observavit. Vol. 2 ; Eduard Anton, Halle [Halis Saxorum] iv + 303 p., pl. 13-28
  4. ↑ Gofas, S. (2015). Okenia elegans (Leuckart, 1828). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-02-21.
  5. ↑ Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
  6. ↑ Rudman, W.B., 2007 (July 26) Okenia elegans (Leuckart, 1828). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  7. ↑ Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C. (2015). Okenia elegans (Leuckart, 1828). [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland. Accessed on 2016-2-21.
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