Diaphoreolis

Diaphoreolis
The nudibranch Diaphoreolis viridis, Gulen Dive Resort, Norway.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Aeolidacea
Family: Trinchesiidae
Genus: Diaphoreolis
Iredale & O'Donoghue, 1923

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

Diaphoreolis species feed on hydroids.

Species

According to Korshunova et al. (2025), species in the genus Diaphoreolis include:

References

  1. ↑ Iredale T. & O'Donoghue C.H. (1923). List of British nudibranchiate mollusca. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 15(5): 195-233.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Picton, B.; Bouchet, P. (2017). Diaphoreolis Iredale & O'Donoghue, 1923. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2017-11-01.
  4. ↑ 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,