Okenia pulchella

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Okenia pulchella
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Okenia pulchella (Firth of Lorn, Scotland)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Onchidoridoidea
Family: Goniodorididae
Genus: Okenia
Species:
O. pulchella
Binomial name
Okenia pulchella
(Alder & Hancock, 1845) [1]
Synonyms

Idalia pulchellaAlder & Hancock, 1854

Okenia pulchella is a species of sea slug, a Dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae . [2]

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Distribution

This species occurs in the North East Atlantic.

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References

  1. Alder, J., & Hancock, A. (1845). A monograph of the British nudibranchiate Mollusca: with figures of all the species. Pt. 1, fam. 1, pls. 4, 5, 26; fam. 3, pls. 3, 21, 24, 26, 34-36. Ray Society, London.
  2. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Okenia pulchella (Alder & Hancock, 1854). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156274 on 2021-10-29