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Acanthodoris

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Onchidorididae

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Rank
  
Genus

Superfamily
  
Onchidoridoidea

Scientific name
  
Acanthodoris

Higher classification
  
Onchidorididae

Acanthodoris Opisthobranch of the Week is Acanthodoris lutea

Lower classifications
  
Acanthodoris pilosa, Acanthodoris lutea, Acanthodoris nanaimoensis, Acanthodoris hudsoni, Acanthodoris planca

Acanthodoris nanaimoensis


Acanthodoris is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Onchidorididae. The genus is believed to have originated in the Atlantic Ocean in the Cretaceous period and spread to the Pacific Ocean. The relationships of Acanthodoris to the other genera in the family Onchidorididae were evaluated by molecular phylogeny in 2015.

Contents

Acanthodoris Nudibranch Acanthodoris pilosa

Acanthodoris nanaimoensis


Species

Species within this genus include:

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  • Acanthodoris armata O'Donoghue, 1927
  • Acanthodoris atrogriseata O'Donoghue, 1927
  • Acanthodoris brunnea MacFarland, 1905
  • Acanthodoris caerulescens Bergh, 1880
  • Acanthodoris falklandica Eliot, 1907
  • Acanthodoris globosa Abraham, 1877
  • Acanthodoris hudsoni MacFarland, 1905
  • Acanthodoris lutea MacFarland, 1925
  • Acanthodoris metulifera Bergh, 1905
  • Acanthodoris mollicella Abraham, 1877
  • Acanthodoris nanaimoensis O'Donoghue, 1921
  • Acanthodoris nanega Burn, 1969
  • Acanthodoris pilosa (Abildgaard in Müller, 1789) - type species, synonyms: Doris quadrangulata Jeffreys, 1869
  • Acanthodoris pina Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967
  • Acanthodoris planca Fahey & Valdés, 2005
  • Acanthodoris rhodoceras Cockerell in Cockerell & Eliot, 1905
  • Acanthodoris uchidai Baba, 1935
  • Acanthodoris vatheleti Rochebrune & Mabille, 1891 (nomen dubium)
    • Species brought into synonymy
    Acanthodoris Acanthodoris lutea

  • Acanthodoris bifida (Verrill, 1870): synonym of Acanthodoris pilosa (Abildgaard in Müller, 1789)
  • Acanthodoris citrina (Verrill, 1879): synonym of Acanthodoris pilosa (Abildgaard in Müller, 1789)
  • Acanthodoris columbina MacFarland, 1926: synonym of Acanthodoris nanaimoensis O'Donoghue, 1921
  • Acanthodoris ornata (Verrill, 1879): synonym of Acanthodoris pilosa (Abildgaard in Müller, 1789)
  • Acanthodoris pallida Bergh, 1905: synonym of Acanthodoris pilosa (Abildgaard in Müller, 1789)
  • Acanthodoris pilosa ornata (Verrill, 1879): synonym of Acanthodoris pilosa (Abildgaard in Müller, 1789)
  • Acanthodoris serpentinotus Williams & Gosliner, 1979: synonym of Acanthodoris pina Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967
  • Acanthodoris stellata (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of Acanthodoris pilosa (Abildgaard in Müller, 1789)
  • Acanthodoris stohleri Lance, 1968: synonym of Acanthodoris pina Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967
  • Acanthodoris subquadrata (Alder & Hancock, 1845): synonym of Acanthodoris pilosa (Abildgaard in Müller, 1789)

    • Acanthodoris The Sea Slug Forum Acanthodoris pilosa

    Acanthodoris The Sea Slug Forum Acanthodoris hudsoni

    References

    Acanthodoris Wikipedia
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