''Aphelodoris'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

sea slug Sea slug is a common name for some marine invertebrates with varying levels of resemblance to terrestrial slugs. Most creatures known as sea slugs are gastropods, i.e. they are sea snails (marine gastropod mollusks) that over evolutionary ...

s, a dorid

nudibranch Nudibranchs () are a group of soft-bodied marine gastropod molluscs which shed their shells after their larval stage. They are noted for their often extraordinary colours and striking forms, and they have been given colourful nicknames to mat ...

, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family

Dorididae Sea lemon is a loosely applied common name for a group of medium-sized to large shell-less colorful sea slugs or nudibranchs, specifically dorid nudibranchs in the taxonomic family Dorididae and other closely related families. These are marine ...

.Bouchet, P. (2013). Aphelodoris Bergh, 1879. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=415066 on 2013-12-07

Species

There are 10 species in the genus ''Aphelodoris''. *''

Aphelodoris antillensis ''Aphelodoris antillensis'' is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Dorididae Sea lemon is a loosely applied common name for a group of medium-sized to large shell-less colorful sea slu ...

'' Bergh, 1879 *''

Aphelodoris berghi ''Dendrodoris nigra'' is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Dendrodorididae Dendrodorididae is a taxonomic family of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in th ...

'' Odhner, 1924 *''

Aphelodoris brunnea ''Aphelodoris brunnea'', the variable dorid, is a species of dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dorididae. Distribution This species is endemic to South Africa, where it is known from Buffels Bay near Cape Point to East ...

'' Bergh, 1907 *''

Aphelodoris gigas ''Aphelodoris gigas'' is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Dorididae Sea lemon is a loosely applied common name for a group of medium-sized to large shell-less colorful sea slugs or ...

'' Wilson, 2003 *''

Aphelodoris greeni ''Aphelodoris greeni'' is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Dorididae Sea lemon is a loosely applied common name for a group of medium-sized to large shell-less colorful sea slugs or ...

'' Burn, 1966 *''

Aphelodoris karpa ''Aphelodoris karpa'' is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Dorididae Sea lemon is a loosely applied common name for a group of medium-sized to large shell-less colorful sea slugs or ...

'' Wilson, 2003 *''

Aphelodoris lawsae ''Aphelodoris lawsae'' is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Dorididae Sea lemon is a loosely applied common name for a group of medium-sized to large shell-less colorful sea slugs or ...

'' Burn, 1966 *''

Aphelodoris luctuosa ''Aphelodoris luctuosa'' is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Dorididae.Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.); Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdes A. & Warén A. 2005. ''Classification ...

'' (Cheeseman, 1882) *''

Aphelodoris rossquicki ''Aphelodoris rossquicki'' is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Dorididae Sea lemon is a loosely applied common name for a group of medium-sized to large shell-less colorful sea slug ...

'' Burn, 1966 *''

Aphelodoris varia ''Aphelodoris varia'' is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Dorididae. Taxonomic history This species was described by Abraham in 1864 as ''Doris variabilis'' but this name is preoccu ...

'' (Abraham, 1877)

References

External links

* Dorididae Gastropod genera {{Dorididae-stub