''Hoplodoris'' 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 gastropod
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This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusc
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s in the family
Discodorididae
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.
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus ''Hoplodoris'':
[Bouchet, P. (2023)]
''Hoplodoris'' Bergh, 1880.
In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2023-07-03
* ''
Hoplodoris balbon''
Donohoo & Gosliner, 2020
* ''
Hoplodoris desmoparypha''
Bergh, 1880
* ''
Hoplodoris rosans''
Donohoo & Gosliner, 2020
Former species
* ''Hoplodoris armata''
( Baba, 1993) synonymized with ''
Carminodoris armata''
Baba, 1993
* ''Hoplodoris bifurcata''
(Baba, 1993) synonymized with ''
Carminodoris bifurcata''
Baba, 1993
* ''Hoplodoris bramale''
Fahey & Gosliner, 2003 synonymized with ''
Carminodoris bramale''
(Fahey & Gosliner, 2003)
* ''Hoplodoris estrelyado''
Gosliner & Behrens, 1998 synonymized with ''
Carminodoris estrelyado''
(Gosliner & Behrens, 1998)
* ''Hoplodoris flammea''
Fahey & Gosliner, 2003 synonymized with ''
Carminodoris flammea''
(Fahey & Gosliner, 2003)
* ''Hoplodoris grandiflora''
(Pease, 1860) synonymized with ''
Carminodoris grandiflora''
(Pease, 1860)
* ''Hoplodoris hansrosaorum''
Dominguez, F. J. García & Troncoso, 2006 synonymized with ''
Carminodoris hansrosaorum''
(Dominguez, F. J. García & Troncoso, 2006)
* ''Hoplodoris madibenthos''
Ortea, 2016 synonymized with ''
Carminodoris madibenthos''
(Ortea, 2016)
* ''Hoplodoris nodulosa''
(Angas, 1864) synonymized with ''
Carminodoris nodulosa''
(Angas, 1864)
* ''Hoplodoris novaezelandiae''
(Bergh, 1904) synonymized with ''
Carminodoris nodulosa''
(Angas, 1864)
References
Further reading
* 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
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