Knoutsodonta depressa

Knoutsodonta depressa is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Onchidorididae.[2]

Knoutsodonta depressa
The nudibranch Onchidoris depressa, Strangford Lough, Northern Ireland.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Euctenidiacea

clade Doridacea
Superfamily:
Onchidoridoidea
Family:
Onchidorididae
Genus:
Knoutsodonta
Species:
K. depressa
Binomial name
Knoutsodonta depressa
(Alder & Hancock, 1842)[1]
Synonyms[2][3]
  • Doris depressa Alder & Hancock, 1842
  • Onchidoris depressa (Alder & Hancock, 1842)

Distribution

This species was described from Whitley Bay, Northumberland, England. It is currently known from Norway south to the Atlantic coast of France and the Mediterranean Sea.[4] Reports from other parts of the world are doubtful and specimens from Brasil have been described as Knoutsodonta brasiliensis.[5]

References
  1. Alder, J., & A. Hancock (1842) Descriptions of several new species of nudibranchous Mollusca found on the coast of Northumberland. Annals & Magazine of Natural History 9(55):31-36, page 32.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2015). Knoutsodonta depressa (Alder & Hancock, 1842). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-01-15.
  3. Hallas J.M. & Gosliner T.M. (2015). Family matters: The first molecular phylogeny of the Onchidorididae Gray, 1827 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 88: 16-27, page(s): 25
  4. Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C. (2015). Onchidoris depressa (Alder & Hancock, 1842). [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland. Accessed on 2016-1-15.
  5. Rudman, W.B., 2003 (October 13) Onchidoris depressa (Alder & Hancock, 1842). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
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