Onchidoris

Onchidoris
A live individual of Onchidoris bilamellata, head end towards the right
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
Blainville, 1816
Type species
Onchidoris leachii Blainville, 1816
Synonyms[1]
  • Atalodoris Iredale O'Donoghue, 1923
  • Lamellidoris Alder & Hancock, 1855
  • Oicodespina Gistel, 1848 (unnecessary substitute name for Villiersia d'Orbigny, 1837)
  • Onchidorus Blainville, 1816 (incorrect original spelling)
  • Proctaporia Mörch, 1857
  • Villiersia d'Orbigny, 1837

Onchidoris is a genus of dorid nudibranchs in the family Onchidorididae.[1] Some of its members are known to prey on barnacles.[2] Their radular teeth are an unusual shape,[3] and the radula contains a rachidian tooth.[4]

Species

Species within the genus Onchidoris include: [1]

Species brought into synonymy 

Taxonomy

Many authors prefer Onchidorus Blainville, 1816 as the valid name for the genus, changed to Onchidoris (Winckworth, 1932; Bouchet & Tardy, 1976; Thompson & Brown, 1976; Cattaneo & Barletta, 1984). According to Pruvot-Fol (1954) however this latter is a nomen nudum, while the elder synonym Villiersia is a nomen oblitum (see also Abbott, 1974). This is why Odhner (1907), Pruvot-Fol (1954), Swennen (1961) and Abbott (1974) are followed in the use of Lamellidoris Alder & Hancock, 1855. [1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Gofas, S. (2010). Onchidoris Blainville, 1816. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138288 on 15 April 2012
  2. Barnes, H.; Powell, H. T. (1954). "Onchidoris fusca (Müller); A Predator of Barnacles". Journal of Animal Ecology 23 (2): 361–363. doi:10.2307/1986. JSTOR 1986.
  3. Alvim, J.; Padula, V.; Pimenta, A. D. (2011). "First record of the genus Onchidoris (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia: Onchidorididae) from the South Atlantic Ocean, with the description of a new species from Brazil". Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 91 (2): 505–511. doi:10.1017/S002531541000202X.
  4. Crampton, D. M. (2010). "Functional anatomy of the buccal apparatus of Onchidoris bilamellata (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia)". The Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 34: 45. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1977.tb00372.x.

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