Onchidoris loveni

Onchidoris loveni is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Onchidorididae.[2] This species is found in the north-eastern parts of the Atlantic Ocean.

Onchidoris loveni
The nudibranch Onchidoris loveni, Gulen Dive Resort, Norway.
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. loveni
Binomial name
Onchidoris loveni
(Alder & Hancock, 1862)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Doris loveni Alder & Hancock, 1862
  • Adalaria loveni (Alder & Hancock, 1862)

Distribution

This species was described from Bantry Bay, County Cork, Ireland. It is currently known from Sweden and Norway.[3]

References
  1. Alder, J., & A. Hancock (1862) Descriptions of a new genus and some new species of naked Mollusca. Annals & Magazine of Natural History, series 3, 10(58):261-265, page 262.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2015). Onchidoris loveni. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-01-13
  3. Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C. (2015). Adalaria loveni (Alder & Hancock, 1862). [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland. Accessed on 2016-01-13.
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