Okenia atkinsonorum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Onchidoridoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Spiralia Cladus: Lophotrochozoa Phylum: Mollusca Classis: Gastropoda Subclassis: Heterobranchia Infraclassis: Euthyneura Cohors: Ringipleura Superordo: Nudipleura Ordo: Nudibranchia Subordo: Doridina Infraordo: Doridoidei Superfamilia: Onchidoridoidea

Familia: Goniodorididae
Genus: Okenia
Species: Okenia atkinsonorum

Name

• Okenia atkinsonorum Rudman, 2007
  • Authority for placement: original
  • Gender: unchangeable (patronym)
  • Original genus: Okenia Menke, 1830
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: designated
    • Description: '13–15 mm long alive, ..., 9 mm long preserved'
    • Repository: AM 'AM C445670'
  • Type associations: 'on Pleurotoichus clathratus'
  • Type locality: 'The Pipeline, west side of Nelson Bay, Port Stephens, New South Wales, Australia, ..., 11 m'
  • ZooBank: 2D7229C3-CFC6-4AF1-8EB5-F6BC939AC822

References

Primary references

• Rudman, W.B. 2007. Two new species of Okenia (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia: Goniodorididae) from eastern Australia and Tanzania. Zootaxa 1657: 57–67. Abstract & excerpt DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1657.1.4 Reference page.  [first availability, see p. 58, and figs. 1A–C, 2, 3, 4C]

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