Onchidoris

Onchidoris
A live individual of Onchidoris bilamellata, head end towards the right
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Euctenidiacea
clade Doridacea

Superfamily: Onchidoridoidea
Family: Onchidorididae
Genus: Onchidoris
Blainville, 1816[1]
Type species
Onchidoris leachii Blainville, 1816: synonym of Onchidoris bilamellata (Linnaeus, 1767)
Synonyms[2]
  • Atalodoris Iredale O'Donoghue, 1923
  • Lamellidoris Alder & Hancock, 1855
  • Oicodespina Gistel, 1848 (unnecessary substitute name for Villiersia d'Orbigny, 1837)
  • Onchidorus Blainville, 1816 (incorrect original spelling)
  • Proctaporia Mörch, 1857
  • Villiersia d'Orbigny, 1837

Onchidoris is a genus of dorid nudibranchs in the family Onchidorididae.[2] One of its members is known to prey on barnacles and the others eat bryozoans.[3] The radula contains a rachidian tooth when fully developed, but this is vestigial in some species.[3]

Species

Species within the genus Onchidoris include: [2]

Species brought into synonymy 

Taxonomy

Many authors prefer Onchidorus Blainville, 1816 as the valid name for the genus, changed to Onchidoris (Winckworth, 1932; Bouchet & Tardy, 1976; Thompson & Brown, 1976; Cattaneo & Barletta, 1984). According to Pruvot-Fol (1954) however this latter is a nomen nudum, while the elder synonym Villiersia is a nomen oblitum (see also Abbott, 1974). This is why Odhner (1907), Pruvot-Fol (1954), Swennen (1961) and Abbott (1974) are followed in the use of Lamellidoris Alder & Hancock, 1855. [2]

References

  1. Blainville H.M.D. de (1816). Quatrième mémoire sur les mollusques, de l'ordre des Cyclobranches. Bulletin des Sciences, par la Société Philomathique de Paris, 1816: 93-97.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2015). Onchidoris. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-01-14.
  3. 1 2 Thompson, T.E. and Brown, G.H., 1984. Biology of Opisthobranch Molluscs, Volume II. The Ray Society. 229 pages 41 plates, 40 figures, p. 125.

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