''Diaulula'' is a
genus
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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 ...
mollusc
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s in the family
Discodorididae
Discodorididae is a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), family of sea slugs, specifically dorid nudibranchs, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Doridoidea.Bouchet, P. (2011). Discodorididae. Accessed through: ...
.
Species
Species in the genus ''Diaulula'' include:
* ''
Diaulula alba''
(K. White, 1952)
* ''
Diaulula aurila''
(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
The California Academy of Sciences is a research institute and natural history museum in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, that is among the largest List of natural history museums, museums of natural history in the world, housing over ...
'' 54: 65-79
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* ''
Diaulula boreopacifica''
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''
Valdes, 2001
* ''
Diaulula lentiginosa''
(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,'' commonly known as the San Diego dorid or the ringed dorid, is a species of sea slug or nudibranch, a marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusc in the suborder Doridina and the family Discodorididae.
The specific epithet ...
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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''
(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 ...
''
(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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