Okenia is a genus of colorful sea slugs, specifically of dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Goniodorididae.
Species Species within the genus Okenia include:
Okenia academica Camacho-Garcia & Gosliner, 2004 Okenia africana Edmunds, 2009Edmunds M. (2009) "Opisthobranchiate Mollusca from Ghana: Goniodorididae". Journal of Conchology 40(1): 37-54. abstract . Okenia ameliae Ortea, Moro & Caballer, 2014 Okenia amoenula (Bergh, 1907)Gosliner T.M. 1987. Nudibranchs of Southern Africa Okenia angelensis Lance, 1966 Okenia angelica Gosliner & Bertsch, 2004 Okenia ascidicola M.P. Morse, 1972 Okenia aspersa (Alder & Hancock, 1845) Okenia atkinsonorum Rudman, 2007 Okenia aurorapapillata Paz-Sedano & Pola in Paz-Sedano, Wilson, Carmona, Gosliner & Pola, 2021 Okenia barnardi Baba, 1937 Okenia brunneomaculata Gosliner, 2004Gosliner T. M. (2004). "Phylogenetic Systematics of Okenia, Sakishmaia, Hopkinsiella and Hopkinsia (Nudibranchia: Goniodorididae) with descriptions of new species from the tropical Indo-Pacific". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 55(5): 125-161. PDF. Okenia cochimi Gosliner & Bertsch, 2004 Okenia cupella (Vogel & Schultz, 1970) Okenia digitata (Edmunds, 1966) Okenia distincta Baba, 1940 Okenia echinata Baba, 1949 Okenia elegans (Leuckart, 1828) - type species Okenia elisae Paz-Sedano & Pola in Paz-Sedano, Wilson, Carmona, Gosliner & Pola, 2021 Okenia eolida (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) Okenia evelinae Er. Marcus, 1957 Okenia felis Gosliner, 2010Gosliner T. M. (2010). "Two New Species of Nudibranch Mollusks From the Coast of California". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 66: 623-631. PDF Okenia ghanensis Edmunds, 2009 Okenia hallucigenia Rudman, 2004 Okenia harastii Pola, Roldán & Padilla, 2014 Okenia hiroi (Baba, 1938) Okenia hispanica Valdes & Ortea, 1995 Okenia impexa Er. Marcus, 1957 Okenia japonica Baba, 1949 Okenia kendi Gosliner, 2004 Okenia kondoi (Hamatani, 2001) - originally described as Sakishimaia kondoi Hamatani, 2001 Okenia lambat Gosliner, 2004 Okenia leachii (Alder & Hancock, 1854) Okenia liklik Gosliner, 2004 Okenia longiductis Pola, Paz-Sedano, Macali, Minchin, Marchini, Vitale, Licchelli & Crocetta, 2019 Okenia luna Millen, Schrödl, Vargas, & Indacochea, 1994 Okenia mediterranea (Ihering, 1886) Okenia mellita Rudman, 2004 Okenia mexicorum Gosliner & Bertsch, 2004 Okenia mica Ortea & Moro, 2014 Okenia mija Burn, 1967 Okenia miramarae Ortea & Espinosa, 2000 Okenia nakamotoensis (Hamatani, 2001) Okenia nakanoae Paz-Sedano & Pola in Paz-Sedano, Wilson, Carmona, Gosliner & Pola, 2021 Okenia opuntia Baba, 1960 Okenia pellucida Burn, 1967 Okenia picoensis Paz-Sedano, Ortigosa & Pola, 2017 Okenia pilosa (Bouchet & Ortea, 1983) Okenia plana Baba, 1960 Okenia polycerelloides (Ortea & Bouchet, 1983) Okenia problematica Pola, Paz-Sedano, Macali, Minchin, Marchini, Vitale, Licchelli & Crocetta, 2019 Okenia pulchella Alder & Hancock, 1854 Okenia purpurata Rudman, 2004 Okenia purpureolineata Gosliner, 2004 Okenia rhinorma Rudman, 2007 Okenia rosacea (MacFarland, 1905) Okenia sapelona Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967 Okenia siderata Paz-Sedano & Pola in Paz-Sedano, Wilson, Carmona, Gosliner & Pola, 2021 Okenia stellata Rudman, 2004 Okenia tenuifibrata Paz-Sedano & Pola in Paz-Sedano, Wilson, Carmona, Gosliner & Pola, 2021 Okenia vancouverensis (O'Donoghue, 1921) Okenia vena Rudman, 2004 Okenia virginiae Gosliner, 2004 Okenia zoobotryon (Smallwood, 1910)
Nomen dubium Okenia pusilla Sordi, 1974 Species names considered to be synonyms Okenia dautzenbergi Vayssière, 1919: synonym of Okenia aspersa (Alder & Hancock, 1845) Okenia modesta (A. E. Verrill, 1875): synonym of Okenia aspersa (Alder & Hancock, 1845) Okenia quadricornis (Montagu, 1815): synonym of Okenia aspersa (Alder & Hancock, 1845)
References
Leuckart F. S. (1828). Breves animalium quorundum maxima ex parte marinorum descriptiones. Heidelberg pp. 24: Bergh, L. S. R. 1881. Ueber die Gattung Idalia, Leuckart. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 47(1):140-181, pls. 6-8 Odhner N.J. 1941. New polycerid nudibranchiate mollusca and remarks on this family. Göteborgs Kungl. Vetenskaps- och Vitterhets-Samhälles Handlingar, Ser. B, Matematiska och Naturvetenskapliga Skrifter, 1(11): 1-20 Edmunds, M. (1966). Teshia digitata gen. and sp. nov., a dorid nudibranch from Ghana. Journal of the malacological Society of London. 37: 69-72 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. Hamatani I. (2001) Two new species of Goniodorididae (Opisthobranchia; Nudibranchia) with a new genus from Kuroshima Island, Okinawa, Japan. Venus, 60(3): 151-156
Further reading Behrens David W., 1980, ‘’Pacific Coast Nudibranchs: a guide to the opisthobranchs of the northeastern Pacific’’, Sea Challenger Books, California https://www.catalogueoflife.org accessed 25 August 2009
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