Discodoris

Discodoris
Discodoris boholiensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Nudipleura clade Nudibranchia
Superfamily:	Doridoidea
Family:	Discodorididae
Genus:	Discodoris Bergh, 1877
Synonyms
Erythrodoris Pruvot-Fol, 1933 Fracassa Bergh, 1878

Discodoris is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs in the family Discodorididae. ^[1]

Species

Species in the genus Discodoris include:<ref name=data"">"MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Discodoris Bergh, 1877". Marbef.org. Retrieved 2011-08-23.</ref>^[2][3]

• Discodoris achroma Valdés, 2001
• Discodoris aurila Marcus & Marcus, 1967
• Discodoris boholiensis Bergh, 1877
• Discodoris branneri MacFarland, 1909
• Discodoris cebuensis Bergh, 1877
• Discodoris coerulescens Bergh, 1888
• Discodoris concinna Alder & Hancock, 1864 (nomen dubium)
• Discodoris edwardsi Vayssière, 1902 (taxon inquerendum)
• Discodoris erubescens Bergh, 1884
• Discodoris ghanensis Edmunds, 2011
• Discodoris glabella (Bergh, 1907)
• Discodoris hummelincki (Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1963): represented as Tayuva lilacina (Gould, 1852) (alternate representation)
• Discodoris labifera (Abraham, 1877)
• Discodoris laminea (Risbec, 1928)
• Discodoris mortenseni Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1963
• Discodoris natalensis (Krauss, 1848)
• Discodoris patriziae Perrone, 1991 : nomen dubium
• Discodoris perplexa (Bergh, 1907)
• Discodoris pseudida (Bergh, 1907)
• Discodoris purcina Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967
• Discodoris rosi Ortea, 1979
• Discodoris rubens Vayssière, 1919
• Discodoris rubra Bergh, 1905
• Discodoris sauvagei (Rochebrune, 1881)
• Discodoris schmeltziana Bergh, 1880 (nomen dubium)
• Discodoris sordii Perrone, 1990 : nomen dubium
• Discodoris stellifera Ihering in Vayssière, 1904
• Discodoris tristis Bergh, 1899
• Discodoris turia Burn, 1969
• Discodoris voniheringi MacFarland, 1909 (nomen dubium)

Species brought into synonymy

• Discodoris atromaculata (Bergh, 1880): synonym of Peltodoris atromaculata Bergh, 1880
• Discodoris cavernae (Starmühlner, 1955): synonym of Paradoris indecora (Bergh, 1881)
• Discodoris confusa Ballesteros, Llera & Ortea, 1985: synonym of Tayuva lilacina (Gould, 1852)
• Discodoris crawfordi Burn, 1969: synonym of Rostanga crawfordi (Burn, 1969)
• Discodoris dubia Bergh, 1904: synonym of Paradoris dubia (Bergh, 1904)
• Discodoris egena Bergh, 1904: synonym of Paradoris dubia (Bergh, 1904)
• Discodoris erythraeensis Vayssière, 1912: synonym of Paradoris erythraeensis (Vayssière, 1912)
• Discodoris evelinae Marcus, 1955: synonym of Montereina branneri (MacFarland, 1909)
• Discodoris fragilis Alder & Hancock, 1864: synonym of Sebadoris fragilis (Alder & Hancock, 1864)
• Discodoris fulva O'Donoghue, 1924: synonym of Geitodoris heathi (MacFarland, 1905)
• Discodoris golaia Marcus & Marcus, 1966: synonym of Montereina golaia (Marcus & Marcus, 1966)
• Discodoris heathi MacFarland, 1905: synonym of Geitodoris heathi (MacFarland, 1905)
• Discodoris hedgpethi Marcus & Marcus, 1960: synonym of Montereina branneri (MacFarland, 1909): synonym of Discodoris branneri MacFarland, 1909
• Discodoris indecora Bergh, 1881: synonym of Paradoris indecora (Bergh, 1881)
• Discodoris ketos Ev. & Er. Marcus, 1967 : synonym of Tayuva lilacina (Gould, 1852)
• Discodoris lilacina Gould, 1852: synonym of Tayuva lilacina (Gould, 1852)
• Discodoris liturata Bergh, 1905: synonym of Paradoris liturata (Bergh, 1905)
• Discodoris lora Marcus, 1965: synonym of Paradoris lora (Marcus, 1965)
• Discodoris lutescens Bergh, 1905: synonym of Rostanga lutescens (Bergh, 1905)
• Discodoris maculosa Bergh, 1884: synonym of Tayuva lilacina (Gould, 1852)
• Discodoris mauritiana Bergh, 1889: synonym of Peltodoris mauritiana Bergh, 1889, in turn synonym of Peltodoris murrea (Abraham, 1877)
• Discodoris mavis Marcus & Marcus, 1967: synonym of Geitodoris mavis (Marcus & Marcus, 1967)
• Discodoris meta Bergh, 1877: synonym of Discodoris boholiensis Bergh, 1877
• Discodoris millegrana Alder & Hancock, 1854: synonym of Aporodoris millegrana (Alder & Hancock, 1854)
• Discodoris modesta Bergh, 1877: synonym of Montereina modesta (Bergh, 1877)
• Discodoris morphaea Bergh, 1877: synonym of Sebadoris fragilis (Alder & Hancock, 1864)
• Discodoris notiperda Risbec, 1956: synonym of Sebadoris fragilis (Alder & Hancock, 1864)
• Discodoris opisthidia Bergh, 1877: synonym of Montereina opisthidia (Bergh, 1877)
• Discodoris pallida Baba, 1937: synonym of Montereina pallida (Baba, 1937)
• Discodoris palma Allan, 1933 : synonym of Tayuva lilacina (Gould, 1852)
• Discodoris pardalis (Alder & Hancock, 1864): synonym of Montereina pardalis (Alder & Hancock, 1864)
• Discodoris paroa Burn, 1969: synonym of Montereina paroa (Burn, 1969)
• Discodoris phoca Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967: synonym of Montereina phoca (Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967)
• Discodoris planata is a synonym of Geitodoris planata
• Discodoris porri Vérany, 1846 : synonym of Paradoris indecora (Bergh, 1881)
• Discodoris punctifera Abraham, 1877: synonym of Montereina punctifera (Abraham, 1877)
• Discodoris pusae Marcus Er., 1955: synonym of Geitodoris pusae (Er. Marcus, 1955)
• Discodoris sandiegensis (J. G. Cooper, 1863): synonym of Diaulula sandiegensis (J. G. Cooper, 1863)
• Discodoris schmeltziana Bergh, 1880: synonym of Discodoris schmeltziana (Bergh, 1875)
• Discodoris tema Edmunds, 1968: synonym of Geitodoris tema (Edmunds, 1968)
• Discodoris vanikoro Pruvot-Fol, 1934: synonym of Sebadoris fragilis (Alder & Hancock, 1864)
• Discodoris wetleyi Allan, 1932: synonym of Jorunna funebris (Kelaart, 1859)

Nomine dubia

• Discodoris crucis (Ørsted in Mörch, 1863)
• Discodoris muta Bergh, 1877
• Discodoris notha Bergh, 1877

References

1. W Gofas, S. (2011). Discodoris. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137897 on 2011-08-23
2. "Discodoris (Genus)". Zipcodezoo.com. 2010-04-26. Retrieved 2011-08-23.
3. "ITIS Standard Report Page: Discodoris". Itis.gov. Retrieved 2011-08-23.

• 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
• 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.