Okenia opuntia

Okenia opuntia is a species of sea slug, specifically a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae.[2]

Okenia opuntia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Onchidoridoidea
Family: Goniodorididae
Genus: Okenia
Species:
O. opuntia
Binomial name
Okenia opuntia

Distribution

This species was described from Japan.

References

  1. Baba K. (1960) The genera Okenia, Goniodoridella and Goniodoris from Japan (Nudibranchia Goniodorididae). Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 8(1): 79-83. [30 May 1960].
  2. Bouchet, P. (2015). Okenia opuntia Baba, 1960. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-20
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