Occidenthella

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.[lower-alpha 1] It was originally described as Coryphella athadona in 1875.[3] The genus name Occidenthella, from occidens, meaning "west" in Latin, refers to its distribution in the Western Pacific Ocean.[1][2][5]

Occidenthella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Heterobranchia
Order:	Nudibranchia
Infraorder:	Cladobranchia
Superfamily:	Fionoidea
Family:	Flabellinidae
Genus:	Occidenthella Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017[1]
Species:	O. athadona
Binomial name
Occidenthella athadona (Bergh, 1875)
Synonyms[2]
Coryphella athadona Bergh, 1875[3] Flabellina athadona (Bergh, 1875)

In the 2017 publication, it was placed in the reinstated family Coryphellidae, which is, as of January 2019, not an accepted family in the World Register of Marine Species.[6]

Notes

1. As Occidentella,[1] an invalid junior homonym of Occidentella Hoffmann, 1929, a genus of gastropods in the family Onchidiidae.[4]

References

1. Korshunova, T.; Martynov, A.; Bakken, T.; Evertsen, J.; Fletcher, K.; Mudianta, W.; Saito, H.; Lundin, K.; Schrödl, M.; Picton, B. (2017). Polyphyly of the traditional family Flabellinidae affects a major group of Nudibranchia: aeolidacean taxonomic reassessment with descriptions of several new families, genera, and species (Mollusca, Gastropoda). ZooKeys. 717: 1-139.
2. Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Occidenthella athadona (Bergh, 1875)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
3. Bergh, L. S. R. 1875. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Aeolidiaden. III. Verhandlungen der königlichkaiserlich Zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien (Abhandlungen) 25:633-658, pls. 13-15.
4. Bouchet, P.; Picton, B. (2018). Occidenthella Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed on 2018-01-14.
5. Rudman, W.B., 1999 (July 17) Flabellina athadona (Bergh, 1875). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Accessed 9 January 2019.
6. Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Coryphellidae Bergh, 1889". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 8 January 2019.