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Knoutsodonta

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Knoutsodonta
Knoutsodonta oblonga
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Knoutsodonta

Hallas & Gosliner, 2015[1]
Type species
Adalaria jannae Millen, 1987

Knoutsodonta is a genus of dorid nudibranchs in the family Onchidorididae.[2] The radular teeth are an unusual shape[3] and a molecular phylogeny study showed that they are not closely related to some other species of Onchidoris within which genus they were formerly placed.[1]

Species

Species within the genus Knoutsodonta include:

References

  1. ^ a b Hallas J. M. & Gosliner T. M. (2015). "Family matters: The first molecular phylogeny of the Onchidorididae Gray, 1827 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 88: 16-27. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2015.03.015.
  2. ^ a b c d e Bouchet, P. (2015). Knoutsodonta Hallas & Gosliner, 2015. In: MolluscaBase (2018). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2018-09-10.
  3. ^ Alvim, J.; Padula, V.; Pimenta, A. D. (2011). "First record of the genus Onchidoris (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia: Onchidorididae) from the South Atlantic Ocean, with the description of a new species from Brazil". Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 91 (2): 505–511. doi:10.1017/S002531541000202X.