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Onchidoris derjugini

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Onchidoris derjugini
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Superfamily: Onchidoridoidea
Family: Onchidorididae
Genus: Onchidoris
Species:
O. derjugini
Binomial name
Onchidoris derjugini
(Volodchenko, 1941)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Adalaria derjugini Volodchenko, 1941

Onchidoris derjugini is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Onchidorididae.[2]

Distribution

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This species was described from the Japan Sea on the Pacific Ocean coast of Russia. The specific name commemorates Konstantin Deryugin.

Description

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Millen (1987) considers this species to be poorly described. "It can be distinguished by its undenticulated lateral teeth, larger number of marginal teeth (9 vs. 4-6) and tripinnate gills. These characteristics suggest that Adalaria derjugini is probably a species of Acanthodoris."[3]

References

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  1. ^ Volodchenko, N. I. 1941. New nudibranchiate molluscs from seas of the far-east of the U.S.S.R. Investigations of the far eastern seas of the U.S.S.R. 1:53-72, pls. 1-4. [in Russian]
  2. ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2015). Onchidoris derjugini. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-01-21.
  3. ^ Millen S.V. (1987) The nudibranch genus Adalaria, with a description of a new species from the northeastern Pacific. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 65(11): 2696-2702.