Diaulula Explained

Diaulula is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs in the family Discodorididae.

Species

Species in the genus Diaulula include:

• Diaulula alba (K. White, 1952)
• Diaulula aurila (Ev. & Er. Marcus, 1967)^[1]
• Diaulula boreopacifica Martynov, Sanamyan & Korshunova, 2015
• Diaulula cerebralis Valdes, 2001
• Diaulula farmersi Valdés, 2004
• Diaulula flindersi (Burn, 1962)
• Diaulula greeleyi (MacFarland, 1909)^[1]
• Diaulula hispida (d'Orbigny, 1837)
• Diaulula immaculata Valdes, 2001
• Diaulula lentiginosa (Millen, 1982)
• Diaulula nayarita (Ortea & Llera, 1981)
• Diaulula nivosa Valdés & Bertsch, 2010
• Diaulula odonoghuei Steinberg, 1963
• Diaulula phoca (Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967)
• Diaulula punctuolata (d'Orbigny, 1837)
• Diaulula sandiegensis (J. G. Cooper, 1863)
• Diaulula variolata (d'Orbigny, 1837)

Species brought into synonymy:

• Diaulula gigantea Bergh, 1905: synonym of Sebadoris nubilosa (Pease, 1871)
• Diaulula hummelincki (Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1963) : synonym of Discodoris hummelincki (Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1963) synonym of as Tayuva lilacina (Gould, 1852)
• Diaulula nobilis (MacFarland, 1905): synonym of Montereina nobilis MacFarland, 1905: synonym of Peltodoris nobilis (MacFarland, 1905)

References

• Valdés Á. (2002). A phylogenetic analysis and systematic revision of the cryptobranch dorids (Mollusca, Nudibranchia, Anthobranchia). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 136: 535-636.

Notes and References

1. Camacho-García Y. & Valdés A. (2003). "Caryophyllidia-bearing dorid nudibranchs (Mollusca, Nudibranchia, Doridacea) from Costa Rica". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 54: 65-79. PDF.