Occidenthella | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
Superfamily: | Fionoidea |
Family: | Flabellinidae |
Genus: |
Occidenthella Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017 [1] |
Species: | O. athadona
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Binomial name | |
Occidenthella athadona (Bergh, 1875)
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Synonyms [3] | |
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Occidenthella is a genus of sea slugs, specifically aeolid nudibranchs, in the family Flabellinidae. [4] The only described species is Occidenthella athadona, a combination named in 2017. [a] It was originally described as Coryphella athadona in 1875. [2] The genus name Occidenthella, from occidens, meaning "west" in Latin, refers to its distribution in the Western Pacific Ocean. [1] [3] [5]
In the 2017 publication, it was placed in the reinstated family Coryphellidae. [6]
Occidenthella | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Nudibranchia |
Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
Superfamily: | Fionoidea |
Family: | Flabellinidae |
Genus: |
Occidenthella Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017 [1] |
Species: | O. athadona
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Binomial name | |
Occidenthella athadona (Bergh, 1875)
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Synonyms [3] | |
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Occidenthella is a genus of sea slugs, specifically aeolid nudibranchs, in the family Flabellinidae. [4] The only described species is Occidenthella athadona, a combination named in 2017. [a] It was originally described as Coryphella athadona in 1875. [2] The genus name Occidenthella, from occidens, meaning "west" in Latin, refers to its distribution in the Western Pacific Ocean. [1] [3] [5]
In the 2017 publication, it was placed in the reinstated family Coryphellidae. [6]