Doridunculus Sars 1878

• Main Authors: Moles, Juan, Wägele, Heike, Uhl, Gabriele, Avila, Conxita
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2016
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Mollusca; Gastropoda; Nudibranchia; Akiodorididae; Doridunculus; Christiania; Antarc*; Antarctica; Arktis*
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4563000; https://zenodo.org/record/4563000

Doridunculus Sars, 1878. Type species. Doridunculus echinulatus Sars, 1878. Diagnosis of the genus Color translucent white. Body elongated, notum rounded anteriorly, posteriorly tapered, slightly shorter than tail. Velum not clearly separated from ventral notum side. Oral tentacles small, conical, or folded. Notal longitudinal keel(s) present or absent. Notum covered by numerous conical tubercles. Tail ridged. Gills dorsal, minute, 3 to 10, disposed in semicircle. Network of elongated spicules visible through epidermis. Radular formula 1 – 10.1.(0 – 1).1.10 – 1 (with or without rachidian); inner lateral hookshaped or with pronounced, big cusp pointing downward; rectangular marginal teeth forming interlocking pointed plates, decreasing in size toward edge. The genus contains only the following three species (Martynov and Roginskaya 2005): D. echinulatus , D. unicus , and D. punkus n. sp. described herein. : Published as part of Moles, Juan, Wägele, Heike, Uhl, Gabriele & Avila, Conxita, 2016, Bipolarity in sea slugs: a new species of Doridunculus (Mollusca: Nudibranchia: Onchidoridoidea) from Antarctica, pp. 101-109 in Organisms Diversity & Evolution 17 (1) on page 103, DOI: 10.1007/s13127-016-0309-z, http://zenodo.org/record/4562999 : {"references": ["Sars, G. O. (1878). Bidrag til kundskaben om Norges Arktiske Fauna. I. Mollusca regions arcticae Norvegiae. Christiania, 1 - 426.", "Martynov, A. V., & Roginskaya, I. S. (2005). A new species of the genus Doridunculus G. O. Sars, 1878 (Mollusca, Nudibranchia): a hydroid-feeding dorid from the abyssal depths of the sea of Japan. Ruthenica, 14, 135 - 145."]}