Otinodoris

Otinodoris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Nudibranchia
Family:	Discodorididae
Genus:	Otinodoris White, 1948

Otinodoris is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks previously placed in the family Chromodorididae. ^[1] It is now considered a synonym of Asteronotus Ehrenberg, 1831 and placed in the family Discodorididae

Valdés (2002) ^[2] tentatively tried to maintain Otinodoris as a separate genus, but lacked the necessary data. It was then considered possible that Otinodoris was a synonym of Peltodoris Bergh, 1880.

It is now considered a synonym of Asteronotus Ehrenberg, 1831 and placed in the family Discodorididae ^[3]

Species

Species in the genus Otinodoris include: ^[4]

• Otinodoris winckworthi White, 1948 : synonym of Asteronotus raripilosa (Abraham, 1877)

References

1. Gofas, S. (2010). Otinodoris White, 1948. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=548866 on 2011-04-05
2. Valdés Á. (2002). A phylogenetic analysis and systematic revision of the cryptobranch dorids (Mollusca, Nudibranchia, Anthobranchia). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 136: 535-636 page(s): 603-604
3. Dayrat B. 2010. A monographic revision of discodorid sea slugs (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia, Nudibranchia, Doridina). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Series 4, vol. 61, suppl. I, 1-403, 382 figs. Archived 2015-09-08 at the Wayback Machine
4. "Genus: Otinodoris › Nudibranch & Sea Slug » Nudi Pixel". Archived from the original on 2009-02-17. Retrieved 2009-12-19.