''Diaulula'' is a
genus
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of
sea slug
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s, dorid
nudibranch
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s, shell-less
marine
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gastropod molluscs in the family
Discodorididae
Discodorididae is a taxonomic family of sea slugs, specifically dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Doridoidea.Bouchet, P. (2011). Discodorididae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.ma ...
.
Species
Species in the genus ''Diaulula'' include:
* ''
Diaulula alba''
(K. White, 1952)
* ''
Diaulula aurila
''Diaulula aurila'' is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family
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(Ev. & Er. Marcus, 1967)[Camacho-García Y. & Valdés A. (2003). "Caryophyllidia-bearing dorid nudibranchs (Mollusca, Nudibranchia, Doridacea) from Costa Rica". '']Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences
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Diaulula boreopacifica
''Diaulula boreopacifica'' is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Discodorididae.
Distribution
This dorid nudibranch occurs in the northern Pacific, from Northern California to Alaska, ...
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Martynov, Sanamyan & Korshunova, 2015
* ''
Diaulula cerebralis''
Valdes, 2001
* ''
Diaulula farmersi''
Valdés, 2004
* ''
Diaulula flindersi''
(Burn, 1962)
* ''
Diaulula greeleyi''
(MacFarland, 1909)
* ''
Diaulula hispida''
(d'Orbigny, 1837)
* ''
Diaulula immaculata
''Diaulula immaculata'' is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family
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Valdes, 2001
* ''
Diaulula lentiginosa
''Diaulula'' is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs in the family Discodorididae.
Species
Species in the genus ''Diaulula'' include:
* '' Diaulula alba'' (K. White, 1952)
* '' Diaulula aurila'' (Ev ...
''
(Millen, 1982)
* ''
Diaulula nayarita''
(Ortea & Llera, 1981)
* ''
Diaulula nivosa''
Valdés & Bertsch, 2010
* ''
Diaulula odonoghuei''
Steinberg, 1963
* ''
Diaulula phoca''
(Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967)
* ''
Diaulula punctuolata''
(d'Orbigny, 1837)
* ''
Diaulula sandiegensis
''Diaulula sandiegensis'' is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Discodorididae.
The specific epithet ''sandiegensis'' means: "of San Diego", the Southern California city.
Distributio ...
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(J. G. Cooper, 1863)
* ''
Diaulula variolata''
(d'Orbigny, 1837)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Diaulula gigantea''
Bergh, 1905: synonym of
Sebadoris nubilosa (Pease, 1871)
* ''
Diaulula hummelincki''
(Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1963) : synonym of ''Discodoris hummelincki'' ''(Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1963)'' synonym of as ''
Tayuva lilacina
''Tayuva lilacina'' is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Discodorididae.Bouchet, P. (2011)''Tayuva lilacina'' (Gould, 1852).Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2011-0 ...
''
(Gould, 1852)
* ''Diaulula nobilis''
(MacFarland, 1905): synonym of ''Montereina nobilis''
MacFarland, 1905: synonym of ''
Peltodoris nobilis
''Peltodoris nobilis'', commonly called the sea lemon, false sea lemon, or the noble dorid, is a species of colorful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Discodorididae.Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (201 ...
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(MacFarland, 1905)
References
* Valdés Á. (2002). ''A phylogenetic analysis and systematic revision of the cryptobranch dorids (Mollusca, Nudibranchia, Anthobranchia).'' Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 136: 535-636.
Discodorididae
Gastropod genera
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