Okenia africana

Okenia africana is a species of sea slug, specifically a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae.[2]

Okenia africana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Euctenidiacea
clade Doridacea
Superfamily:
Onchidoridoidea
Family:
Goniodorididae
Genus:
Okenia
Species:
O. africana
Binomial name
Okenia africana
Edmunds, 2009[1]

Distribution

This species was described from Ghana.

References
  1. Edmunds, M. 2009. Opisthobranchiate Mollusca from Ghana: Goniodorididae. Journal of Conchology, 40, 37-54.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2015). Okenia africana Edmunds, 2009. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-16
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