Okenia virginiae is a species of sea slug, specifically a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae.[2]
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| Okenia virginiae | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Superfamily: | Onchidoridoidea |
| Family: | Goniodorididae |
| Genus: | Okenia |
| Species: | O. virginiae
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| Okenia virginiae | |
Distribution
editThis species was described from Vetchies Pier, Durban, South Africa.
References
edit- ^ Gosliner T.M. 2004. Phylogenetic systematics of Okenia, Sakishimaia, Hopkinsiella and Hopkinsia (Nudibranchia: Goniodorididae) with descriptions of new species from the tropical Indo-Pacific. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, (4) 55(5): 125-161.
- ^ Bouchet, P. (2015). Okenia virginiae Gosliner, 2004. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-20