Okenia digitata

Okenia digitata is a species of sea slug, specifically a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae.

Okenia digitata
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. digitata
Binomial name
Okenia digitata
(Edmunds, 1966)[1]
Synonyms

Teshia digitata Edmunds, 1966

Distribution

This species was described from Ghana. It has also been reported from Angola.[2]

Description

Ecology

References
  1. Edmunds, M. 1966. Teshia digitata gen. and sp. nov., a dorid nudibranch from Ghana. Proc. malac. Soc. Lond. 37, 69-72.
  2. Vallès Y., Valdés Á. & Ortea J. (2000). On the phanerobranch dorids of Angola (Mollusca, Nudibranchia): a crossroads of temperate and tropical species. Zoosystema. 22(1): 15-31.
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