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Knoutsodonta oblonga

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Species of gastropod

Knoutsodonta oblonga
The nudibranch Knoutsodonta oblonga, Gulen Dive Resort, Norway.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Superfamily: Onchidoridoidea
Family: Onchidorididae
Genus: Knoutsodonta
Species: K. oblonga
Binomial name
Knoutsodonta oblonga
(Alder & Hancock, 1845)
Synonyms
  • Doris oblonga Alder & Hancock, 1845
  • Onchidoris oblonga (Alder & Hancock, 1845)

Knoutsodonta oblonga is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Onchidorididae.

Distribution

This species was described from Berry Head, Torbay, Devon, England. It is currently known from Norway south to the Atlantic south coast of England.

References

  1. Alder, J., & A. Hancock (1845) Notice of a new genus and several new species of nudibranchiate Mollusca. Annals & Magazine of Natural History 16(106):311-316, page 314.
  2. ^ Bouchet, P. (2015). Knoutsodonta oblonga (Alder & Hancock, 1845). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-01-15.
  3. 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, page(s): 25
  4. Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C. (2015). Onchidoris oblonga (Alder & Hancock, 1845). Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland. Accessed on 2016-1-15.
Taxon identifiers
Knoutsodonta oblonga
Doris oblonga
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