Onchidoris derjugini

Onchidoris derjugini is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Onchidorididae.[2]

Onchidoris derjugini
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Euctenidiacea
clade Doridacea
Superfamily:
Onchidoridoidea
Family:
Onchidorididae
Genus:
Onchidoris
Species:
O. derjugini
Binomial name
Onchidoris derjugini
(Volodchenko, 1941)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Adalaria derjugini Volodchenko, 1941

Distribution

This species was described from the Japan Sea on the Pacific Ocean coast of Russia.

Description

Millen (1987) considers this species to be poorly described. "It can be distinguished by its undenticulated lateral teeth, larger number of marginal teeth (9 vs. 4-6) and tripinnate gills. These characteristics suggest that Adalaria derjugini is probably a species of Acanthodoris."[3]

References
  1. Volodchenko, N. I. 1941. New nudibranchiate molluscs from seas of the far-east of the U.S.S.R. Investigations of the far eastern seas of the U.S.S.R. 1:53-72, pls. 1-4. [in Russian]
  2. Bouchet, P. (2015). Onchidoris derjugini. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-01-21.
  3. Millen S.V. (1987) The nudibranch genus Adalaria, with a description of a new species from the northeastern Pacific. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 65(11): 2696-2702.
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