Thordisa
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Thordisa is a genus
of sea slug
s, dorid nudibranch
s, shell-less marine
gastropod mollusks in the family Discodorididae
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Species brought into synonymy:
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 mollusks in the family Discodorididae
Discodorididae
Discodorididae is a taxonomic family of sea slugs, specifically dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Doridoidea. Species in this family belong to the cryptobranch dorid nudibranchs, i.e. they are able to retract their gills into a gill pocket . Most are small and hard to...
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Species
Species in the genus Thordisa include:- Thordisa albomacula Chan & Gosliner, 2007
- Thordisa aurea Pruvot-Fol, 1951
- Thordisa azmanii Cervera & Garcia-Gomez , 1989
- Thordisa bimaculata Lance, 1966
- Thordisa diuda Marcus Er., 1955
- Thordisa filix 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....
, 1951 - Thordisa harrisi Chan & Gosliner, 2006
- Thordisa ladislavii (Ihering, 1886)
- Thordisa lurca (Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967)
- Thordisa luteola Chan & Gosliner, 2007
- Thordisa nieseni Chan & Gosliner, 2007
- Thordisa oliva Chan & Gosliner, 2007
- Thordisa pallida Bergh, 1884
- Thordisa sanguinea Baba, 1955
- Thordisa tahala Chan & Gosliner, 2007
- Thordisa verrucosa (Crosse in Angas, 1864)
- Thordisa villosa Alder & Hancock, 1864
Species brought into synonymy:
- Thordisa crosslandi Eliot, 1903 : synonym of Sebadoris nubilosa (Pease, 1871)
- Thordisa parva Baba, 1938 : synonym of Jorunna parva (Baba, 1938)
- Thordisa sabulosa Burn, 1957 : synonym of Thordisa verrucosa (Crosse in Angas, 1864)