Biology:Diaphoreolis

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Diaphoreolis is a genus of sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Trinchesiidae.[1]

Diaphoreolis species feed on hydroids.

Species

According to Korshunova et al. (2025), species within in the genus Diaphoreolis include:[2][3]

  • Diaphoreolis flavovulta (MacFarland, 1966)
  • Diaphoreolis lagunae (O'Donoghue, 1926)
  • Diaphoreolis midori Martynov et al., 2015
  • Diaphoreolis scintillans Miller, 1977
  • Diaphoreolis stipata Alder & Hancock, 1843
  • Diaphoreolis veronicae Verrill, 1880
  • Diaphoreolis viridis (Forbes, 1840) - type species (as Eolis northumbrica Alder & Hancock, 1844)
  • Diaphoreolis zvezda Korshunova et al., 2023

References

  1. Korshunova, T.; Martynov, A.; Picton, B. (2017). Ontogeny as an important part of integrative taxonomy in tergipedid aeolidaceans (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia) with a description of a new genus and species from the Barents Sea. Zootaxa. 4324(1): 1.
  2. Picton, B.; Bouchet, P. (2017). Diaphoreolis Iredale & O'Donoghue, 1923. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2017-11-01.
  3. Korshunova T.; Fletcher K.; Martynov A. (2025). The endless forms are the most differentiated—how taxonomic pseudo-optimization masked natural diversity and evolution: the nudibranch case Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, Volume 204, Issue 4, August 2025, zlaf057,

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