Doris (genus)

Doris (genus)
Doris
A live individual of Doris odhneri, head towards the right
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Euctenidiacea
clade Doridacea
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Dorididae
Genus: Doris
Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms[1]
  • Anoplodoris P. Fischer, 1883
  • Archidoris Bergh, 1878
  • Austrodoris Odhner, 1926
  • Ctenodoris Eliot, 1907
  • Doridigitata d'Orbigny, 1839
  • Doriopsis Pease, 1860
  • Doriorbis Kay & Young, 1969
  • Guyonia Risbec, 1928
  • Neodoris Baba, 1938
  • Praegliscita Burn, 1957
  • Siraius Er. Marcus, 1955
  • Staurodoris Bergh, 1878 (Invalid: Placed on the Official Index by ICZN Opinion 1980)

Doris is a genus of sea slugs, specifically dorid nudibranchs. These animals are marine gastropod molluscs in the family Dorididae.[1]

Species

Species with accepted names in the genus Doris as mentioned in the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) include :[1]

  • Doris alboranica Bouchet, 1977
  • Doris atypica (Eliot, 1906)
  • Doris bertheloti (d'Orbigny, 1839)
  • Doris bicolor (Bergh, 1884)
  • Doris bovena Er. Marcus, 1955
  • Doris caeca (Valdés, 2001)
  • Doris cameroni (Allan, 1947)
  • Doris chrysoderma Angas, 1864
  • Doris claurina (Er. Marcus, 1959)
  • Doris falklandica (Eliot, 1907)
  • Doris flabellifera Cheeseman, 1881
  • Doris fontainii d'Orbigny, 1837
  • Doris fretterae T. E. Thompson, 1980
  • Doris granulosa (Pease, 1860)
  • Doris ilo (Er. Marcus, 1955)
  • Doris immonda Risbec, 1928
  • Doris kerguelenensis (Bergh, 1884)
  • Doris kyolis (Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967)
  • Doris laboutei (Valdés, 2001)
  • Doris lugubris (Gravenhorst, 1831)
  • Doris marmorata Risso, 1818
  • Doris morenoi Ortea, 1989
  • Doris nobilis Odhner, 1907
  • Doris ocelligera (Bergh, 1881)
  • Doris pseudoargus Rapp, 1827
  • Doris pseudoverrucosa (Ihering, 1886)
  • Doris sticta (Iredale & O'Donoghue, 1923)
  • Doris sugashimae (Baba, 1998)
  • Doris tricolor (Baba, 1938)
  • Doris verrucosa Linnaeus, 1758

The Catalogue of LIfe also mentions the following species :[2]:

Species brought into synonymy 
  • Doris fusca Müller, 1776 [1] : synonym of Onchidoris bilamellata (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Doris laevis Linnaeus, 1767 : synonym of Cadlina laevis (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Doris marginata Montagu, 1804  : synonym of Cadlina laevis (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Doris repanda Alder & Hancock, 1842  : synonym of Cadlina laevis (Linnaeus, 1767)

Listed as incertae sedis by Gosliner (1987)[3]:

  • Doris natalensis Krauss, 1848
  • Doris pseudida Bergh, 1907
  • Doris perplexa Bergh, 1907
  • Doris glabella Bergh, 1907

References

  1. ^ a b c Gofas, S. (2010). Doris Linnaeus, 1758. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137914 on 2011-01-12
  2. ^ http://www.catalogueoflife.org accessed 26 June 2009
  3. ^ Gosliner, T. (1987). Nudibranchs of southern Africa: A guide to Opisthobranch molluscs of southern Africa. Sea Challengers, Monterey. ISBN 0-930118-13-8
  • Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
  • Valdés A. (2002). A phylogenetic analysis and systematic revision of the cryptobranch dorids (Mollusca, Nudibranchia, Anthobranchia). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 136: 535-636 page(s): 540-560
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