Okenia pulchella is a species of sea slug, a Dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae.[2]
Okenia pulchella | |
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Okenia pulchella (Firth of Lorn, Scotland) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Superfamily: | Onchidoridoidea |
Family: | Goniodorididae |
Genus: | Okenia |
Species: | O. pulchella
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Binomial name | |
Okenia pulchella | |
Synonyms | |
Idalia pulchella Alder & Hancock, 1854 |
Distribution
editThis species occurs in the North East Atlantic.
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ 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
- Thompson, T. E.; Brown, G. H. (1984). Biology of Opisthobranch Molluscs vol. 2. Ray Society (Monograph 156), London. 229 pp.