Onchidoris muricata

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

Colour plate from Alder & Hancock Monograph, 1845-55, figs 1-9.[3]

Onchidoris muricata
Two specimens of the nudibranch Onchidoris muricata with egg spirals, Gulen Dive Resort, Norway.
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:
Onchidoris
Species:
O. muricata
Binomial name
Onchidoris muricata
Synonyms[2]
  • Doris muricata O. F. Müller, 1776
  • Doris aspera Alder & Hancock, 1842
  • Doris diaphana Alder & Hancock, 1845
  • Doris ulidiana Thompson W., 1845
  • Lamellidoris aspera (Alder & Hancock, 1842)
  • Lamellidoris diaphana (Alder & Hancock, 1845)
  • Lamellidoris muricata (O. F. Müller, 1776)
  • Onchidoris aspera (Alder & Hancock, 1842)

Distribution

This species was described from Norway. It is currently known from the European coasts of the North Atlantic Ocean as far south as the British Isles and the north-west Atlantic as far south as Maine.[4][5] It is reported from the north-east Pacific Ocean coasts of North America from Friday Harbor, Washington south to Lion Rock, San Luis Obispo County, California.[6]

References
  1. Müller, Otto Frederik (1776) Zoologiae Danicae. Prodromus seu animalium Daniae et Norvegiae ingenarum characteres, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium, xxxii + 282 pp.
  2. Rosenberg, G.; Gofas, S. (2015). Onchidoris muricata (O. F. Müller, 1776). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-01-15.
  3. Alder J. & Hancock A. (1845-1855). A monograph of the British nudibranchiate Mollusca: with figures of all the species. The Ray Society, London. Published in 8 parts:Part 6. Fam.1 Plate 9 [1854].
  4. Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C. (2015). Onchidoris muricata Muller, 1776. [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland. Accessed on 2016-01-15.
  5. Rudman, W.B., 2001 (July 3) Onchidoris muricata Muller, 1776. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  6. Behrens, D. W., & Hermosillo, A. (2005) Eastern Pacific nudibranchs, a guide to the opisthobranchs from Alaska to Central America. vi + 137 pp., 314 photos. Sea Challengers, Monterey, California, page 59.
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