''Diaphorodoris'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
sea slug
Sea slug is a common name for some Marine biology, marine invertebrates with varying levels of resemblance to terrestrial Slug, slugs. Most creatures known as sea slugs are gastropods, i.e. they are Sea snail, sea snails (marine gastropod moll ...
s, dorid
nudibranch
Nudibranchs () are a group of soft-bodied marine gastropod molluscs, belonging to the order Nudibranchia, that shed their shells after their larval stage. They are noted for their often extraordinary colours and striking forms, and they have b ...
s, shell-less
marine gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...
s in the family
Calycidorididae
Calycidorididae are a taxonomic family of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Onchidoridoidea
Onchidoridoidea is a taxonomic superfamily of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusc
...
.
Species
Species within this genus include:
* ''
Diaphorodoris alba''
Portmann & Sandmeier, 1960[Furfaro, G., Picton, B., Martynov, A. & Mariottini, P., (2016). ''Diaphorodoris alba'' Portmann & Sandmeier, 1960 is a valid species: molecular and morphological comparison with ''D. luteocincta'' (M. Sars, 1870) (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia). Zootaxa 4193 (2):304-316. http://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4193.2.6]
* ''
Diaphorodoris lirulatocauda''
Millen, 1985
* ''
Diaphorodoris luteocincta''
(M. Sars, 1870)
* ''
Diaphorodoris mitsuii''
(Baba, 1938)
* ''
Diaphorodoris papillata''
Portmann & Sandmeier, 1960
Image:Diaphorodoris luteocincta (Sars M, 1870).jpg, '' Diaphorodoris alba''
Image:Diaphorodoris lirulatocauda.jpg, '' Diaphorodoris lirulatocauda''
Image:B155150-1.jpg, '' Diaphorodoris luteocincta''
Image:Diapmits 4-1.jpg, '' Diaphorodoris mitsuii''
Image:Diaphorodoris papillata Portmann & Sandmeier, 1960 - accouplement.jpg, '' Diaphorodoris papillata''
References
Fahey S.J. & Valdés A. (2005). Review of Acanthodoris Gray, 1850 with a phylogenetic analysis of Onchidorididae Alder and Hancock, 1845 (Mollusca, Nudibranchia). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. 56(20): 213-273
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Calycidorididae
Gastropod genera