Okenia cupella
Okenia cupella is a species of sea slug, specifically a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae.[2]
Okenia cupella | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Suborder: | Doridina |
Superfamily: | Onchidoridoidea |
Family: | Goniodorididae |
Genus: | Okenia |
Species: | O. cupella |
Binomial name | |
Okenia cupella (Vogel & Schultz, 1970)[1] | |
Synonyms | |
Cargoa cupella (Vogel & Schultz, 1970) Basionym |
Distribution
This species was described from Chesapeake Bay, United States.
References
- Vogel, R. M., & Leonard P. Schultz. 1970. Cargoa cupella, new genus and new species of nudibranch from Chesapeake Bay and the generic status of Okenia Menke, Idalia Leuckart and Idalla Ørsted. Veliger 12(4):388-393.
- Gofas, S. (2015). Okenia cupella (Vogel & Schultz, 1970). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-20
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