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Diaulula

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Diaulula
A pair of Diaulula sandiegensis mating.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Family: Discodorididae
Genus: Diaulula
Bergh, 1878[1]
Synonyms
  • Anisodoris Bergh, 1898
  • Ansiodoris [sic] (misspelling)

Diaulula is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs in the family Discodorididae.

Species

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Species in the genus Diaulula include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Diaulula gigantea Bergh, 1905: synonym of Sebadoris nubilosa (Pease, 1871)
  • Diaulula hummelincki (Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1963) : synonym of Discodoris hummelincki (Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1963) synonym of as Tayuva lilacina (Gould, 1852)
  • Diaulula nobilis (MacFarland, 1905): synonym of Montereina nobilis MacFarland, 1905: synonym of Peltodoris nobilis (MacFarland, 1905)

References

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  1. ^ Bergh R. (1878). In: Semper, Reis. Philipp. (2)2(Heft 13): 567.
  2. ^ a b Camacho-García Y. & Valdés A. (2003). "Caryophyllidia-bearing dorid nudibranchs (Mollusca, Nudibranchia, Doridacea) from Costa Rica". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 54: 65-79. PDF.
  • Valdés Á. (2002). A phylogenetic analysis and systematic revision of the cryptobranch dorids (Mollusca, Nudibranchia, Anthobranchia). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 136: 535-636.