Doriopsilla
Encyclopedia
Doriopsilla is a genus
of sea slug
s, dorid nudibranch
s, shell-less marine
gastropod molluscs in the family
Dendrodorididae
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Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of sea slug
Slug
Slug is a common name that is normally applied to any gastropod mollusc that lacks a shell, has a very reduced shell, or has a small internal shell...
s, dorid nudibranch
Nudibranch
A nudibranch is a member of what is now a taxonomic clade, and what was previously a suborder, of soft-bodied, marine gastropod mollusks which shed their shell after their larval stage. They are noted for their often extraordinary colors and striking forms...
s, shell-less marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
gastropod molluscs in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Dendrodorididae
Dendrodorididae
Dendrodorididae is a taxonomic family of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the Superfamily Phyllidioidea.- Genera :...
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Species
Species so far described in this genus include:- Doriopsilla albopunctataDoriopsilla albopunctataDoriopsilla albopunctata is a species of dorid nudibranch, a colorful sea slug, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Dendrodorididae....
(J.G. Cooper, 1863) - Doriopsilla areolata (BerghRudolph BerghRudolph Bergh , full name Ludvig Sophus Rudolph Bergh, was a Danish physician and malacologist. He worked in Copenhagen....
, 1880) - Doriopsilla capensis (BerghRudolph BerghRudolph Bergh , full name Ludvig Sophus Rudolph Bergh, was a Danish physician and malacologist. He worked in Copenhagen....
, 1907) - Doriopsilla fedalae Pruvot-FolAlice Pruvot-FolAlice Pruvot-Fol was a French opisthobranch malacologist.She was the author of many new species, mostly described on the basis of preserved animals....
. 1953 - Doriopsilla janaina Marcus and Marcus, 1967
- Doriopsilla leia Er. Marcus, 1961
- Doriopsilla miniata (Alder and Hancock, 1864)
- Doriopsilla nigromaculata (Cockerell in Coc and Eliot, 1905)
- Doriopsilla pelseneeri Oliviera, 1895
- Doriopsialla pharpa Er. Marcus, 1961
- Doriopsilla reticulata Cockerell and Eliot, 1905
- Doriopsilla rowena Marcus and Marcus, 1967