Okenia

Okenia
Okenia elegans, head end towards the right
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Nudibranchia
Family:	Goniodorididae
Subfamily:	Goniodoridinae
Genus:	Okenia Menke, 1830
Type species
Idalia elegans Leuckart, 1828
Synonyms
Goniodoris Forbes & Goodsir, 1839 Idalia Leuckart, 1828 Idaliella Bergh, 1881 Idalina A. M. Norman, 1890 Idalla Örsted, 1844

Okenia is a genus of colorful sea slugs, specifically of dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Goniodoridinae in the family Goniodorididae.

Species

Species within the genus Okenia include:

Nomen dubium

• Okenia pusilla Sordi, 1974

Species names considered to be synonyms

• Okenia africana Edmunds, 2009: synonym of Ceratodoris africana (Edmunds, 2009)
• Okenia angelensis Lance, 1966: synonym of Bermudella angelensis (Lance, 1966)
• Okenia atkinsonorum Rudman, 2007: synonym of Ceratodoris atkinsonorum (Rudman, 2007)
• Okenia barnardi Baba, 1937: synonym of Ceratodoris barnardi (Baba, 1937)
• Okenia brunneomaculata Gosliner, 2004: synonym of Bermudella brunneomaculata (Gosliner, 2004)
• Okenia cochimi Gosliner & Bertsch, 2004: synonym of Goniodoridella cochimi (Gosliner & Bertsch, 2004)
• Okenia cupella (Vogel & Schultz, 1970): synonym of Cargoa cupella Vogel & L. P. Schultz, 1970
• Okenia dautzenbergi Vayssière, 1919: synonym of Okenia aspersa (Alder & Hancock, 1845)
• Okenia digitata (Edmunds, 1966): synonym of Ceratodoris digitata (Edmunds, 1966)
• Okenia distincta Baba, 1940: synonym of Ceratodoris distincta (Baba, 1940)
• Okenia elisae Paz-Sedano & Pola, 2021: synonym of Ceratodoris elisae Paz-Sedano & Pola, 2021
• Okenia eolida (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832): synonym of Ceratodoris eolida (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
• Okenia evelinae Er. Marcus, 1957: synonym of Bermudella evelinae (Er. Marcus, 1957)
• Okenia felis Gosliner, 2010: synonym of Goniodoridella felis (Gosliner, 2010)
• Okenia ghanensis Edmunds, 2009: synonym of Cargoa ghanensis (Edmunds, 2009)
• Okenia hallucigenia Rudman, 2004: synonym of Ceratodoris hallucigenia (Rudman, 2004)
• Okenia harastii Pola, Roldán & Padilla, 2014: synonym of Bermudella harastii (Pola, Roldán & Padilla, 2014)
• Okenia hiroi (Baba, 1938): synonym of Ceratodoris hiroi (Baba, 1938)
• Okenia impexa Er. Marcus, 1957: synonym of Cargoa impexa (Er. Marcus, 1957)
• Okenia japonica Baba, 1949: synonym of Bermudella japonica (Baba, 1949)
• Okenia kendi Gosliner, 2004: synonym of Ceratodoris kendi (Gosliner, 2004)
• Okenia kondoi (Hamatani, 2001): synonym of Ceratodoris kondoi (Hamatani, 2001)
• Okenia lambat Gosliner, 2004: synonym of Ceratodoris lambat (Gosliner, 2004)
• Okenia liklik Gosliner, 2004: synonym of Naisdoris liklik (Gosliner, 2004)
• Okenia longiductis Pola, Paz-Sedano, Macali, Minchin, Marchini, Vitale, Licchelli & Crocetta, 2019: synonym of Bermudella polycerelloides Ortea & Bouchet, 1983
• Okenia mellita Rudman, 2004: synonym of Ceratodoris mellita (Rudman, 2004)
• Okenia mexicorum Gosliner & Bertsch, 2004: synonym of Goniodoridella mexicorum (Gosliner & Bertsch, 2004)
• Okenia mica Ortea & Moro, 2014: synonym of Bermudella mica (Ortea & Moro, 2014)
• Okenia mija Burn, 1967: synonym of Bermudella mija (Burn, 1967)
• Okenia miramarae Ortea & Espinosa, 2000: synonym of Goniodoridella miramarae (Ortea & Espinosa, 2000)
• Okenia modesta (A. E. Verrill, 1875): synonym of Okenia aspersa (Alder & Hancock, 1845)
• Okenia nakamotoensis (Hamatani, 2001): synonym of Ceratodoris nakamotoensis (Hamatani, 2001)
• Okenia nakanoae Paz-Sedano & Pola in Paz-Sedano, Wilson, Carmona, Gosliner & Pola, 2021: synonym of Ceratodoris nakanoae (Paz-Sedano & Pola, 2021)
• Okenia pellucida Burn, 1967: synonym of Bermudella pellucida (Burn, 1967)
• Okenia picoensis Paz-Sedano, Ortigosa & Pola, 2017: synonym of Goniodoridella picoensis (Paz-Sedano, Ortigosa & Pola, 2017)
• Okenia pilosa (Bouchet & Ortea, 1983): synonym of Ceratodoris pilosa (Bouchet & Ortea, 1983)
• Okenia plana Baba, 1960: synonym of Ceratodoris plana (Baba, 1960)
• Okenia plebeia Bergh, 1902: synonym of Ceratodoris plebeia (Bergh, 1902)
• Okenia polycerelloides (Ortea & Bouchet, 1983): synonym of Bermudella polycerelloides Ortea & Bouchet, 1983
• Okenia problematica Pola, Paz-Sedano, Macali, Minchin, Marchini, Vitale, Licchelli & Crocetta, 2019: synonym of Cargoa problematica (Pola, Paz-Sedano, Macali, Minchin, Marchini, Vitale, Licchelli & Crocetta, 2019)
• Okenia purpurata Rudman, 2004: synonym of Bermudella purpurata (Rudman, 2004)
• Okenia purpureolineata Gosliner, 2004: synonym of Bermudella purpureolineata (Gosliner, 2004)
• Okenia quadricornis (Montagu, 1815): synonym of Okenia aspersa (Alder & Hancock, 1845)
• Okenia rosacea (MacFarland, 1905): synonym of Ceratodoris rosacea (MacFarland, 1905)
• Okenia sapelona Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967: synonym of Ceratodoris sapelona (Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967)
• Okenia siderata Paz-Sedano & Pola in Paz-Sedano, Wilson, Carmona, Gosliner & Pola, 2021: synonym of Bermudella siderata (Paz-Sedano & Pola, 2021)
• Okenia stellata Rudman, 2004: synonym of Ceratodoris stellata (Rudman, 2004)
• Okenia tenuifibrata Paz-Sedano & Pola in Paz-Sedano, Wilson, Carmona, Gosliner & Pola, 2021: synonym of Ceratodoris tenuifibrata (Paz-Sedano & Pola, 2021)
• Okenia vancouverensis (O'Donoghue, 1921): synonym of Ceratodoris vancouverensis (O'Donoghue, 1921)
• Okenia vena Rudman, 2004: synonym of Bermudella vena (Rudman, 2004)
• Okenia virginiae Gosliner, 2004: synonym of Ceratodoris virginiae (Gosliner, 2004)
• Okenia zoobotryon (Smallwood, 1910): synonym of Bermudella zoobotryon (Smallwood, 1910)

References

• Leuckart F. S. (1828). Breves animalium quorundum maxima ex parte marinorum descriptiones. Heidelberg pp. 24:
• Bergh, L. S. R. 1881. Ueber die Gattung Idalia, Leuckart. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 47(1):140-181, pls. 6-8
• Odhner N.J. 1941. New polycerid nudibranchiate mollusca and remarks on this family. Göteborgs Kungl. Vetenskaps- och Vitterhets-Samhälles Handlingar, Ser. B, Matematiska och Naturvetenskapliga Skrifter, 1(11): 1-20
• Edmunds, M. (1966). Teshia digitata gen. and sp. nov., a dorid nudibranch from Ghana. Journal of the malacological Society of London. 37: 69-72
• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: pp. 180–213.
• Hamatani I. (2001) Two new species of Goniodorididae (Opisthobranchia; Nudibranchia) with a new genus from Kuroshima Island, Okinawa, Japan. Venus, 60(3): 151-156

Further reading

• Behrens David W., 1980, ‘’Pacific Coast Nudibranchs: a guide to the opisthobranchs of the northeastern Pacific’’, Sea Challenger Books, California
• https://www.catalogueoflife.org accessed 25 August 2009

External links

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