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Okenia virginiae

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Species of gastropod

Okenia virginiae
Okenia virginiae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Superfamily: Onchidoridoidea
Family: Goniodorididae
Genus: Okenia
Species: O. virginiae
Binomial name
Okenia virginiae
Gosliner, 2004

Okenia virginiae is a species of sea slug, specifically a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae.

Distribution

This species was described from Vetchies Pier, Durban, South Africa.

References

  1. Gosliner T.M. 2004. Phylogenetic systematics of Okenia, Sakishimaia, Hopkinsiella and Hopkinsia (Nudibranchia: Goniodorididae) with descriptions of new species from the tropical Indo-Pacific. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, (4) 55(5): 125-161.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2015). Okenia virginiae Gosliner, 2004. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-20
Taxon identifiers
Okenia virginiae
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