Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Family Discodorididae | Phylum Mollusca Superfamily Doridoidea Rank Genus | |
Similar Sclerodoris, Paradoris, Atagema, Taringa, Thordisa | ||
Otinodoris is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks previously placed in the family Chromodorididae. It is now considered a synonym of Asteronotus Ehrenberg, 1831 and placed in the family Discodorididae
Valdés (2002) tentatively tried to maintain Otinodoris as a separate genus, but lacked the necessary data. It was then consideredpossible that Otinodoris was a synonym of Peltodoris Bergh, 1880.
It is now considered a synonym of Asteronotus Ehrenberg, 1831 and placed in the family Discodorididae
Species
Species in the genus Otinodoris include:
References
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