Acanthodoris Explained
Acanthodoris is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Onchidorididae.[1] The genus is believed to have originated in the Atlantic Ocean in the Cretaceous period and spread to the Pacific Ocean.[2] The relationships of Acanthodoris to the other genera in the family Onchidorididae were evaluated by molecular phylogeny in 2015.[3]
Species
Species within this genus include:
- Acanthodoris armata O'Donoghue, 1927 (taxon inquirendum)
- Acanthodoris atrogriseata O'Donoghue, 1927
- Acanthodoris brunnea MacFarland, 1905
- Acanthodoris caerulescens Bergh, 1880 (taxon inquirendum)
- Acanthodoris falklandica Eliot, 1907
- Acanthodoris globosa Abraham, 1877
- Acanthodoris hudsoni MacFarland, 1905
- Acanthodoris lutea MacFarland, 1925
- Acanthodoris metulifera Bergh, 1905
- Acanthodoris mollicella Abraham, 1877
- Acanthodoris nanaimoensis O'Donoghue, 1921
- Acanthodoris nanega Burn, 1969
- Acanthodoris pilosa (Abildgaard in Müller, 1789) - type species, synonyms: Doris quadrangulata Jeffreys, 1869
- Acanthodoris pina Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967
- Acanthodoris planca Fahey & Valdés, 2005[4]
- Acanthodoris rhodoceras Cockerell in Cockerell & Eliot, 1905[4]
- Acanthodoris uchidai Baba, 1935[4]
- Acanthodoris vatheleti Rochebrune & Mabille, 1891[4] (nomen dubium)
- Species brought into synonymy:
- Acanthodoris bifida (Verrill, 1870): synonym of Acanthodoris pilosa (Abildgaard in Müller, 1789)
- Acanthodoris citrina (Verrill, 1879): synonym of Acanthodoris pilosa (Abildgaard in Müller, 1789)
- Acanthodoris columbina MacFarland, 1926: synonym of Acanthodoris nanaimoensis O'Donoghue, 1921
- Acanthodoris ornata (Verrill, 1879): synonym of Acanthodoris pilosa (Abildgaard in Müller, 1789)
- Acanthodoris pallida Bergh, 1905: synonym of Acanthodoris pilosa (Abildgaard in Müller, 1789)
- Acanthodoris pilosa ornata (Verrill, 1879): synonym of Acanthodoris pilosa (Abildgaard in Müller, 1789)
- Acanthodoris serpentinotus Williams & Gosliner, 1979: synonym of Acanthodoris pina Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967
- Acanthodoris stellata (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of Acanthodoris pilosa (Abildgaard in Müller, 1789)
- Acanthodoris stohleri Lance, 1968: synonym of Acanthodoris pina Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967
- Acanthodoris subquadrata (Alder & Hancock, 1845): synonym of Acanthodoris pilosa (Abildgaard in Müller, 1789)
References
- Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp.
- 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
Notes and References
- Gofas, S. (2015). Acanthodoris Gray, 1850. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-01-09
- Hallas, J.M., Simison, W.B. & Gosliner, T.M. (2016) Dating and biogeographical patterns in the sea slug genus Acanthodoris Gray, 1850 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 97: 19–31.
- Hallas, JM and Gosliner, TM. (2015) Family Matters: the first molecular phylogeny of the Onchidorididae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 88: 16–27.
- Fahey S. & Valdés A. (2005). A review of Acanthodoris Gray, 1850 with a Phylogenetic Analysis of Onchidorididae Alder and Hancock, 1845 (Mollusca, Nudibranchia). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 56: 213–272.
