Okenia virginiae

Okenia virginiae
Okenia virginiae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Family: Goniodorididae
Subfamily: Goniodoridinae
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