Okenia

Okenia
Okenia atkinsonorum, Nelson Bay NSW, head end towards the left
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Superfamily: Onchidoridoidea
Family: Goniodorididae
Genus: Okenia
Menke, 1830
Type species
Idalia elegans
Leuckart, 1828
Synonyms
  • Bermudella Odhner, 1941
  • Cargoa Vogel & Schultz, 1970
  • Ceratodoris Gray, 1850
  • Echinodoris Bergh, 1874
  • Hopkinsia MacFarland, 1905
  • Hopkinsiella Baba, 1938
  • Idalia Leuckart, 1828 (invalid: junior homonym of Idalia Huebner, [1820]; Okenia and Idalina are replacement names)
  • Idaliella Bergh, 1881
  • Idalina Norman, 1890
  • Sakishimaia Hamatani, 2001
  • Teshia Edmunds, 1966

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

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