Acanthodoris is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Acanthodorididae.
The genus is believed to have originated in the Atlantic Ocean in the Cretaceous period and spread to the Pacific Ocean.
The relationships of Acanthodoris to the other genera in the superfamily Onchidoridoidea were evaluated by molecular phylogeny in 2015. and in 2024.
Species
Species within this genus include:
- Acanthodoris armata <small>O'Donoghue, 1927</small> (taxon inquirendum)
- Acanthodoris atrogriseata <small>O'Donoghue, 1927</small>
- Acanthodoris brunnea <small>MacFarland, 1905</small>
- Acanthodoris caerulescens <small>Bergh, 1880</small> (taxon inquirendum)
- Acanthodoris falklandica <small>Eliot, 1907</small>
- Acanthodoris globosa <small>Abraham, 1877</small>
- Acanthodoris hudsoni <small>MacFarland, 1905</small>
- Acanthodoris lutea <small>MacFarland, 1925</small>
- Acanthodoris metulifera B<small>ergh, 1905</small>
- Acanthodoris mollicella <small>Abraham, 1877</small>
- Acanthodoris nanaimoensis <small>O'Donoghue, 1921</small>
- Acanthodoris nanega <small>Burn, 1969</small>
- Acanthodoris pilosa <small>(Abildgaard in Müller, 1789)</small> - type species
- Acanthodoris pina <small>Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967</small>
- Acanthodoris planca <small>Fahey & Valdés, 2005</small>
- Acanthodoris rhodoceras <small>Cockerell in Cockerell & Eliot, 1905</small>
- Acanthodoris vatheleti <small>Rochebrune & Mabille, 1891</small> (nomen dubium)
Species brought into synonymy:
- Acanthodoris bifida <small>(Verrill, 1870)</small>: synonym of Acanthodoris pilosa <small>(Abildgaard in Müller, 1789)</small>
- Acanthodoris citrina <small>(Verrill, 1879)</small>: synonym of Acanthodoris pilosa <small>(Abildgaard in Müller, 1789)</small>
- Acanthodoris columbina <small>MacFarland, 1926</small>: synonym of Acanthodoris nanaimoensis <small>O'Donoghue, 1921</small>
- Acanthodoris ornata (Verrill, 1879): synonym of Acanthodoris pilosa (Abildgaard in Müller, 1789)
- Acanthodoris pallida <small>Bergh, 1905</small>: synonym of Acanthodoris pilosa <small>(Abildgaard in Müller, 1789)</small>
- Acanthodoris pilosa ornata <small>(Verrill, 1879)</small>: synonym of Acanthodoris pilosa <small>(Abildgaard in Müller, 1789)</small>
- Acanthodoris serpentinotus <small>Williams & Gosliner, 1979</small>: synonym of Acanthodoris pina <small>Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967</small>
- Acanthodoris stellata <small>(Gmelin, 1791)</small>: synonym of Acanthodoris pilosa <small>(Abildgaard in Müller, 1789)</small>
- Acanthodoris stohleri <small>Lance, 1968</small>: synonym of Acanthodoris pina <small>Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967</small>
- Acanthodoris subquadrata <small>(Alder & Hancock, 1845)</small>: synonym of Acanthodoris pilosa <small>(Abildgaard in Müller, 1789)</small>
- Acanthodoris uchidai <small>Baba, 1935</small>: synonym of Acanthomira uchidai <small>(Baba, 1935)</small> (superseded combination)
References
- Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp.
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180âÂÂ213
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