Okenia is a genus of colorful sea slugs, specifically of dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Goniodorididae.
Species
Species within the genus Okenia include:
- Okenia academica Camacho-Garcia & Gosliner, 2004
- Okenia africana Edmunds, 2009
- Okenia ameliae Ortea, Moro & Caballer, 2014
- Okenia amoenula (Bergh, 1907)
- Okenia angelensis Lance, 1966
- Okenia angelica Gosliner & Bertsch, 2004
- Okenia ascidicola <small>M.P. Morse, 1972</small>
- Okenia aspersa (Alder & Hancock, 1845)
- Okenia atkinsonorum Rudman, 2007
- Okenia aurorapapillata <small>Paz-Sedano & Pola in Paz-Sedano, Wilson, Carmona, Gosliner & Pola, 2021</small>
- Okenia barnardi Baba, 1937
- Okenia brunneomaculata Gosliner, 2004
- Okenia cochimi Gosliner & Bertsch, 2004
- Okenia cupella (Vogel & Schultz, 1970)
- Okenia digitata (Edmunds, 1966)
- Okenia distincta Baba, 1940
- Okenia echinata Baba, 1949
- Okenia elegans (Leuckart, 1828) - type species
- Okenia elisae <small>Paz-Sedano & Pola in Paz-Sedano, Wilson, Carmona, Gosliner & Pola, 2021</small>
- Okenia eolida (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
- Okenia evelinae Er. Marcus, 1957
- Okenia felis Gosliner, 2010
- Okenia ghanensis Edmunds, 2009
- Okenia hallucigenia Rudman, 2004
- Okenia harastii Pola, Roldán & Padilla, 2014
- Okenia hiroi (Baba, 1938)
- Okenia hispanica Valdes & Ortea, 1995
- Okenia impexa Er. Marcus, 1957
- Okenia japonica Baba, 1949
- Okenia kendi Gosliner, 2004
- Okenia kondoi (Hamatani, 2001) - originally described as Sakishimaia kondoi Hamatani, 2001
- Okenia lambat Gosliner, 2004
- Okenia leachii (Alder & Hancock, 1854)
- Okenia liklik Gosliner, 2004
- Okenia longiductis Pola, Paz-Sedano, Macali, Minchin, Marchini, Vitale, Licchelli & Crocetta, 2019
- Okenia luna Millen, Schrödl, Vargas, & Indacochea, 1994
- Okenia mediterranea (Ihering, 1886)
- Okenia mellita Rudman, 2004
- Okenia mexicorum Gosliner & Bertsch, 2004
- Okenia mica Ortea & Moro, 2014
- Okenia mija Burn, 1967
- Okenia miramarae Ortea & Espinosa, 2000
- Okenia nakamotoensis (Hamatani, 2001)
- Okenia nakanoae <small>Paz-Sedano & Pola in Paz-Sedano, Wilson, Carmona, Gosliner & Pola, 2021</small>
- Okenia opuntia Baba, 1960
- Okenia pellucida Burn, 1967
- Okenia picoensis <small>Paz-Sedano, Ortigosa & Pola, 2017</small>
- Okenia pilosa (Bouchet & Ortea, 1983)
- Okenia plana <small>Baba, 1960</small>
- Okenia polycerelloides <small>(Ortea & Bouchet, 1983)</small>
- Okenia problematica Pola, Paz-Sedano, Macali, Minchin, Marchini, Vitale, Licchelli & Crocetta, 2019
- Okenia pulchella <small>Alder & Hancock, 1854</small>
- Okenia purpurata Rudman, 2004
- Okenia purpureolineata Gosliner, 2004
- Okenia rhinorma Rudman, 2007
- Okenia rosacea (MacFarland, 1905)
- Okenia sapelona Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967
- Okenia siderata <small>Paz-Sedano & Pola in Paz-Sedano, Wilson, Carmona, Gosliner & Pola, 2021</small>
- Okenia stellata Rudman, 2004
- Okenia tenuifibrata <small>Paz-Sedano & Pola in Paz-Sedano, Wilson, Carmona, Gosliner & Pola, 2021</small>
- Okenia vancouverensis (O'Donoghue, 1921)
- Okenia vena Rudman, 2004
- Okenia virginiae Gosliner, 2004
- Okenia zoobotryon (Smallwood, 1910)
Nomen dubium:
- Okenia pusilla <small>Sordi, 1974</small>
Species names considered to be synonyms:
- Okenia dautzenbergi <small>Vayssière, 1919</small>: synonym of Okenia aspersa <small>(Alder & Hancock, 1845)</small>
- Okenia modesta <small>(A. E. Verrill, 1875)</small>: synonym of Okenia aspersa <small>(Alder & Hancock, 1845)</small>
- Okenia quadricornis <small>(Montagu, 1815)</small>: synonym of Okenia aspersa <small>(Alder & Hancock, 1845)</small>
References
- Leuckart F. S. (1828). Breves animalium quorundum maxima ex parte marinorum descriptiones. Heidelberg pp. 24:
- Bergh, L. S. R. 1881. Ueber die Gattung Idalia, Leuckart. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 47(1):140-181, pls. 6-8
- Odhner N.J. 1941. New polycerid nudibranchiate mollusca and remarks on this family. Göteborgs Kungl. Vetenskaps- och Vitterhets-Samhälles Handlingar, Ser. B, Matematiska och Naturvetenskapliga Skrifter, 1(11): 1-20
- Edmunds, M. (1966). Teshia digitata gen. and sp. nov., a dorid nudibranch from Ghana. Journal of the malacological Society of London. 37: 69-72
- 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.
- Hamatani I. (2001) Two new species of Goniodorididae (Opisthobranchia; Nudibranchia) with a new genus from Kuroshima Island, Okinawa, Japan. Venus, 60(3): 151-156
Further reading
- Behrens David W., 1980, âÂÂâÂÂPacific Coast Nudibranchs: a guide to the opisthobranchs of the northeastern PacificâÂÂâÂÂ, Sea Challenger Books, California
- http://www.catalogueoflife.org accessed 25 August 2009
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