Onchidoris

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Onchidoris
Onchidoris bilamellata.jpg
A live individual of Onchidoris bilamellata , head end towards the right
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked):clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Euctenidiacea
clade Doridacea
Superfamily: Onchidoridoidea
Family: Onchidorididae
Genus:Onchidoris
Blainville, 1816 [1]
Type species
Onchidoris leachiiBlainville, 1816: synonym of Onchidoris bilamellata(Linnaeus, 1767)
Synonyms [2]
  • AtalodorisIredale O'Donoghue, 1923
  • LamellidorisAlder & Hancock, 1855
  • Oicodespina Gistel, 1848 (unnecessary substitute name for Villiersia d'Orbigny, 1837)
  • Onchidorus Blainville, 1816 (incorrect original spelling)
  • ProctaporiaMörch, 1857
  • Villiersiad'Orbigny, 1837

Onchidoris is a genus of dorid nudibranchs in the family Onchidorididae. [2] [3] [4] [5] One of its members is known to prey on barnacles and the others eat bryozoans. [6] The radula contains a rachidian tooth when fully developed, but this is vestigial in some species. [6]

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.

Nudibranch order of molluscs

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", and "dragon". Currently, about 3,000 valid species of nudibranchs are known.

Onchidorididae family of molluscs

Onchidorididae are a taxonomic family of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Onchidoridoidea.

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Species

Species within the genus Onchidoris include: [2]

Onchidoris aureopuncta is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Onchidorididae.

<i>Onchidoris bilamellata</i> species of mollusc

Onchidoris bilamellata, common name the rough-mantled doris, is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Onchidorididae.

Type species term used in zoological nomenclature (also non-officially in botanical nomenclature)

In zoological nomenclature, a type species is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen(s). A similar concept is used for suprageneric groups called a type genus.

Species brought into synonymy 

Knoutsodonta albonigra is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Onchidorididae.

<i>Onchidoris muricata</i> species of mollusc

Onchidoris muricata is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Onchidorididae.

Knoutsodonta bouvieri is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Onchidorididae.

Taxonomy

Many authors prefer Onchidorus Blainville, 1816 as the valid name for the genus, changed to Onchidoris (Winckworth, 1932; Bouchet & Tardy, 1976; Thompson & Brown, 1976; Cattaneo & Barletta, 1984). According to Pruvot-Fol (1954) however this latter is a nomen nudum, while the elder synonym Villiersia is a nomen oblitum (see also Abbott, 1974). This is why Odhner (1907), Pruvot-Fol (1954), Swennen (1961) and Abbott (1974) are followed in the use of Lamellidoris Alder & Hancock, 1855. [2]

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Onchimira is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs in the family Onchidorididae.

<i>Knoutsodonta sparsa</i> species of mollusc

Knoutsodonta sparsa is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Onchidorididae.

Calycidoris guentheri is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Calycidorididae.

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References

  1. ↑ Blainville H.M.D. de (1816). Quatrième mémoire sur les mollusques, de l'ordre des Cyclobranches. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société Philomathique de Paris, 1816: 93-97.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2015). Onchidoris. In: MolluscaBase (2018). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2018-09-10.
  3. ↑ Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp
  4. ↑ Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN   0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
  5. ↑ Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
  6. 1 2 Thompson, T.E. and Brown, G.H., 1984. Biology of Opisthobranch Molluscs, Volume II. The Ray Society. 229 pages 41 plates, 40 figures, p. 125.
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