Onchidoris muricata

Onchidoris muricata
	Two specimens of the nudibranch Onchidoris muricata with egg spirals, 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. muricata
Binomial name
	Onchidoris muricata; (O. F. Müller, 1776)[1]
Synonyms[2]
	Doris muricata O. F. Müller, 1776 ; Doris aspera Alder & Hancock, 1842 ; Doris diaphana Alder & Hancock, 1845 ; Doris ulidiana Thompson W., 1845 ; Lamellidoris aspera (Alder & Hancock, 1842) ; Lamellidoris diaphana (Alder & Hancock, 1845) ; Lamellidoris muricata (O. F. Müller, 1776) ; Onchidoris aspera (Alder & Hancock, 1842) ;

Onchidoris muricata is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Onchidorididae.[2]

Colour plate from Alder & Hancock Monograph, 1845-55, figs 1-9.[3]

Distribution

This species was described from Norway. It is currently known from the European coasts of the North Atlantic Ocean as far south as the British Isles and the north-west Atlantic as far south as Maine.[4][5] It is reported from the north-east Pacific Ocean coasts of North America from Friday Harbor, Washington south to Lion Rock, San Luis Obispo County, California.[6]

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References

Müller, Otto Frederik (1776) Zoologiae Danicae. Prodromus seu animalium Daniae et Norvegiae ingenarum characteres, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium, xxxii + 282 pp.
Rosenberg, G.; Gofas, S. (2015). Onchidoris muricata (O. F. Müller, 1776). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-01-15.
Alder J. & Hancock A. (1845-1855). A monograph of the British nudibranchiate Mollusca: with figures of all the species. The Ray Society, London. Published in 8 parts:Part 6. Fam.1 Plate 9 [1854].
Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C. (2015). Onchidoris muricata Muller, 1776. [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland. Accessed on 2016-01-15.
Rudman, W.B., 2001 (July 3) Onchidoris muricata Muller, 1776. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
Behrens, D. W., & Hermosillo, A. (2005) Eastern Pacific nudibranchs, a guide to the opisthobranchs from Alaska to Central America. vi + 137 pp., 314 photos. Sea Challengers, Monterey, California, page 59.

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[1] Müller, Otto Frederik (1776) Zoologiae Danicae. Prodromus seu animalium Daniae et Norvegiae ingenarum characteres, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium, xxxii + 282 pp.

[WoRMS-2] Rosenberg, G.; Gofas, S. (2015). Onchidoris muricata (O. F. Müller, 1776). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-01-15.

[3] Alder J. & Hancock A. (1845-1855). A monograph of the British nudibranchiate Mollusca: with figures of all the species. The Ray Society, London. Published in 8 parts:Part 6. Fam.1 Plate 9 [1854].

[4] Picton, B.E. & Morrow, C.C. (2015). Onchidoris muricata Muller, 1776. [In] Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland. Accessed on 2016-01-15.

[5] Rudman, W.B., 2001 (July 3) Onchidoris muricata Muller, 1776. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.

[6] Behrens, D. W., & Hermosillo, A. (2005) Eastern Pacific nudibranchs, a guide to the opisthobranchs from Alaska to Central America. vi + 137 pp., 314 photos. Sea Challengers, Monterey, California, page 59.