Onchidoris inconspicua

Onchidoris inconspicua
Plate from original description, fig. 9-16.
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
Species: O. inconspicua
Binomial name
Onchidoris inconspicua
(Alder & Hancock, 1851)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Doris inconspicua Alder & Hancock, 1851

Onchidoris inconspicua is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Onchidorididae.[2]

Distribution

This species was described from England. It is currently known from the European coasts of the North Atlantic Ocean from Norway south to Brittany.[3]

References

  1. Alder, J., & A. Hancock (1851) A monograph of the British nudibranchiate Mollusca: with figures of all the species. Pt. 5, fam. 1, pl. 12. Ray Society, London.
  2. 1 2 Gofas, S. (2015). Onchidoris inconspicua. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-01-16.
  3. Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C. (2015). Onchidoris inconspicua (Alder & Hancock, 1851). [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland. Accessed on 2016-01-16.
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