Onchidoris

Onchidoris
Onchidoris
Onchidoris bilamellata
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
Synonyms[1]
  • Lamellidoris Alder & Hancock, 1855
  • Onchidorus Blainville, 1816 (incorrect original spelling)
  • Villiersia d'Orbigny, 1837

Onchidoris is a genus of dorid nudibranchs in the family Onchidorididae.[1] At least some of its members prey on barnacles.[2] Their radular teeth are an unusual shape,[3] and the radula contains a rachidian tooth.[4]

Species

Species within the genus Onchidoris include: [1]

  • Onchidoris albonigra (Pruvot-Fol, 1951)
  • Onchidoris aspera (Alder & Hancock, 1842)
  • Onchidoris aureopuncta (A. E. Verrill, 1901)
  • Onchidoris bilamellata (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Onchidoris bouvieri (Vayssière, 1919)
  • Onchidoris brasiliensis Alvim, Padulaa & Pimenta, 2011
  • Onchidoris cervinoi Ortea & Urgorri, 1979
  • Onchidoris depressa (Alder & Hancock, 1842)
  • Onchidoris diademata (Gould, 1870)
  • Onchidoris fusca (Müller O.F., 1776)
  • Onchidoris grisea (Gould, 1870)
  • Onchidoris inconspicua (Alder & Hancock, 1851)
  • Onchidoris lactea (A. E. Verrill, 1900)
  • Onchidoris macropompa Martynov, Korshunova, Sanamyan & Sanamyan, 2009
  • Onchidoris maugeansis (Burn, 1958)
  • Onchidoris miniata (A. E. Verrill, 1901)
  • Onchidoris muricata (Müller O.F., 1776)
  • Onchidoris neapolitana (delle Chiaje, 1841)
  • Onchidoris oblonga (Alder & Hancock, 1845)
  • Onchidoris olivacea (A. E. Verrill, 1900)
  • Onchidoris pusilla (Alder & Hancock, 1845)
  • Onchidoris quadrimaculata (A. E. Verrill, 1900)
  • Onchidoris reticulata Ortea, 1979
  • Onchidoris sparsa (Alder & Hancock, 1846)
  • Onchidoris tenella (Gould, 1870)
  • Onchidoris tridactila Ortea & Ballesteros, 1982
Species brought into synonymy 
  • Onchidoris luteocincta (M. Sars, 1870) : synonym of Diaphorodoris luteocincta (M. Sars, 1870)

References

  1. ^ a b c Gofas, S. (2010). Onchidoris Blainville, 1816. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138288 on 27 March 2011
  2. ^ Barnes, H.; Powell, H. T. (1954). "Onchidoris fusca (Müller); A Predator of Barnacles". Journal of Animal Ecology 23 (2): 361–363. doi:10.2307/1986. JSTOR 1986.  edit
  3. ^ Alvim, J.; Padula, V.; Pimenta, A. D. (2011). "First record of the genus Onchidoris (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia: Onchidorididae) from the South Atlantic Ocean, with the description of a new species from Brazil". Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 91 (2): 505–511. doi:10.1017/S002531541000202X.  edit
  4. ^ Crampton, D. M. (2010). "Functional anatomy of the buccal apparatus of Onchidoris bilamellata (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia)". The Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 34: 45. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1977.tb00372.x.  edit

External links

  • SEM images of its radula can be found at Thompson; Bebbington (1973). Malacologia 14: 147–165. .


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