Okenia cupella
Okenia cupella is a species of sea slug, specifically a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae.[2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Doridina |
| Superfamily: | Onchidoridoidea |
| Family: | Goniodorididae |
| Genus: | Okenia |
| Species: | O. cupella |
| Binomial name | |
| Okenia cupella (Vogel & Schultz, 1970)[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Cargoa cupella (Vogel & Schultz, 1970) Basionym | |
Distribution
This species was described from Chesapeake Bay, United States.
References
- Vogel, R. M., & Leonard P. Schultz. 1970. Cargoa cupella, new genus and new species of nudibranch from Chesapeake Bay and the generic status of Okenia Menke, Idalia Leuckart and Idalla Ørsted. Veliger 12(4):388-393.
- Gofas, S. (2015). Okenia cupella (Vogel & Schultz, 1970). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-20
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