''Notodoris'' 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 slugs, 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,
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
Mollusca is a phylum of protostome, protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant taxon, extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum ...
s in the family
Aegiridae.
It has been treated as a synonym of ''
Aegires'' but re-established on the basis of radula and jaw characters.
[Moro L. & Ortea J. (2015). ''Nuevos taxones de babosas marinas de las islas Canarias y de Cabo Verde (Mollusca: Heterobranchia).'' Vieraea. 43: 21-86]
Species
Species in the genus ''Notodoris'' include:
[Bouchet, P.; Bieler, R. (2015)]
''Notodoris'' Bergh, 1875.
In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-02-17.
* ''
Notodoris citrina''
Bergh, 1875 -
type species
In International_Code_of_Zoological_Nomenclature, zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the spe ...
* ''
Notodoris gardineri''
Eliot, 1906
* ''
Notodoris lanzarotensis''
Moro & Ortea, 2015
* ''
Notodoris minor''
Eliot, 1904
* ''
Notodoris serenae''
Gosliner & Behrens, 1997
Species considered to be synonyms:
* ''Notodoris megastigmata''
Allan, 1932 ''Notodoris gardineri''
Eliot, 1906
References
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Aegiridae
Gastropod genera