Biology:Doriopsis

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Short description: Genus of gastropods

Doriopsis
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Dorididae
Genus: Doriopsis
Pease, 1860[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Ctenodoris Eliot, 1907

Doriopsis is a genus of sea slugs, specifically dorid nudibranchs. These animals are marine gastropod molluscs in the family Dorididae.[2]

Species

Species within the genus Doriopsis include:[3]

Species brought into synonymy
  • Doriopsis jousseaumei Vayssière, 1912: synonym of Dendrodoris jousseaumei (Vayssière, 1912)

References

  1. Pease W.H. (1860). Descriptions of new species of Mollusca from the Sandwich Islands. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 28: 18-36, 141-148.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2017). Doriopsis Pease, 1860. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2018-02-04.
  3. Yonow N. (2017). Results of the Rumphius Biohistorical Expedition to Ambon (1990). Part 16. The Nudibranchia - Dendronotina, Arminina, Aeolidina, and Doridina (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Heterobranchia). Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 146(1): 135-172.

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