Doridunculus Sars 1878
- 1. Department of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology, and Environmental Sciences and Biodiversity Research Institute (IrBIO), University of Barcelona, Avinguda Diagonal 643, 08028 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- 2. Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig, Adenauerallee 160, 53113 Bonn, Germany
- 3. General and Systematic Zoology, Zoological Institute and Museum, University of Greifswald, Anklamer Strasse 20
Description
Doridunculus Sars, 1878.
Type species. Doridunculus echinulatus Sars, 1878.
Diagnosis of the genus Color translucent white. Body elongated, notum rounded anteriorly, posteriorly tapered, slightly shorter than tail. Velum not clearly separated from ventral notum side. Oral tentacles small, conical, or folded. Notal longitudinal keel(s) present or absent. Notum covered by numerous conical tubercles. Tail ridged. Gills dorsal, minute, 3 to 10, disposed in semicircle. Network of elongated spicules visible through epidermis. Radular formula 1 – 10.1.(0 – 1).1.10 – 1 (with or without rachidian); inner lateral hookshaped or with pronounced, big cusp pointing downward; rectangular marginal teeth forming interlocking pointed plates, decreasing in size toward edge.
The genus contains only the following three species (Martynov and Roginskaya 2005): D. echinulatus, D. unicus, and D. punkus n. sp. described herein.
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- Journal article: 10.1007/s13127-016-0309-z (DOI)
- Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/4562999 (URL)
- Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/8E30FFF78449FFD3FFBEFFB5FFA4292E (URL)
Biodiversity
- Family
- Akiodorididae
- Genus
- Doridunculus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Nudibranchia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Scientific name authorship
- Sars
- Taxon rank
- genus
- Taxonomic concept label
- Doridunculus Sars, 1878 sec. Moles, Wägele, Uhl & Avila, 2016
References
- Sars, G. O. (1878). Bidrag til kundskaben om Norges Arktiske Fauna. I. Mollusca regions arcticae Norvegiae. Christiania, 1 - 426.
- Martynov, A. V., & Roginskaya, I. S. (2005). A new species of the genus Doridunculus G. O. Sars, 1878 (Mollusca, Nudibranchia): a hydroid-feeding dorid from the abyssal depths of the sea of Japan. Ruthenica, 14, 135 - 145.