Diaphorodoris Explained

Diaphorodoris is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Calycidorididae.^[1]

Species

Species within this genus include:

• Diaphorodoris alba Portmann & Sandmeier, 1960^[2]
• Diaphorodoris lirulatocauda Millen, 1985
• Diaphorodoris luteocincta (M. Sars, 1870)
• Diaphorodoris mitsuii (Baba, 1938)
• Diaphorodoris papillata Portmann & Sandmeier, 1960

References

• Fahey S.J. & Valdés A. (2005). 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(20): 213-273

Notes and References

1. Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2014). Diaphorodoris Iredale & O'Donoghue, 1923. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138286 on 2014-10-19
2. Furfaro, G., Picton, B., Martynov, A. & Mariottini, P., (2016). Diaphorodoris alba Portmann & Sandmeier, 1960 is a valid species: molecular and morphological comparison with D. luteocincta (M. Sars, 1870) (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia). Zootaxa 4193 (2):304-316. http://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4193.2.6