''Okenia'' is a genus of colorful sea slugs, specifically of
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nudibranch
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s,
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gastropod
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mollusk
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s in the family
Goniodorididae.
Species
Species within the genus ''Okenia'' include:
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Okenia academica'' Camacho-Garcia & Gosliner, 2004
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Okenia africana'' Edmunds, 2009
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Okenia ameliae'' Ortea, Moro & Caballer, 2014
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Okenia amoenula'' (Bergh, 1907)
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Okenia angelensis'' Lance, 1966
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Okenia angelica'' Gosliner & Bertsch, 2004
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Okenia ascidicola''
M.P. Morse, 1972
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Okenia aspersa'' (Alder & Hancock, 1845)
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Okenia atkinsonorum'' Rudman, 2007
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Okenia aurorapapillata''
Paz-Sedano & Pola in Paz-Sedano, Wilson, Carmona, Gosliner & Pola, 2021
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Okenia barnardi'' Baba, 1937
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Okenia brunneomaculata'' Gosliner, 2004
[Gosliner 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
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Okenia cochimi'' Gosliner & Bertsch, 2004
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Okenia cupella'' (Vogel & Schultz, 1970)
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Okenia digitata'' (Edmunds, 1966)
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Okenia distincta'' Baba, 1940
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Okenia echinata'' Baba, 1949
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Okenia elegans'' (Leuckart, 1828) - type species
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Okenia elisae''
Paz-Sedano & Pola in Paz-Sedano, Wilson, Carmona, Gosliner & Pola, 2021
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Okenia eolida'' (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
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Okenia evelinae'' Er. Marcus, 1957
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Okenia felis'' Gosliner, 2010
[Gosliner T. M. (2010). "Two New Species of Nudibranch Mollusks From the Coast of California". '']Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences
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Okenia ghanensis'' Edmunds, 2009
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Okenia hallucigenia'' Rudman, 2004
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Okenia harastii'' Pola, Roldán & Padilla, 2014
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Okenia hiroi'' (Baba, 1938)
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Okenia hispanica'' Valdes & Ortea, 1995
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Okenia impexa'' Er. Marcus, 1957
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Okenia japonica'' Baba, 1949
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Okenia kendi
''Okenia kendi'' is a species of sea slug, specifically a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae.
Distribution
This species was described from Luzon Island, Philippines. It has also been reported from Timor an ...
'' Gosliner, 2004
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Okenia kondoi'' (Hamatani, 2001)
- originally described as ''Sakishimaia kondoi'' Hamatani, 2001
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Okenia lambat'' Gosliner, 2004
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Okenia leachii'' (Alder & Hancock, 1854)
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Okenia liklik'' Gosliner, 2004
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Okenia longiductis'' Pola, Paz-Sedano, Macali, Minchin, Marchini, Vitale, Licchelli & Crocetta, 2019
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Okenia luna'' Millen, Schrödl, Vargas, & Indacochea, 1994
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Okenia mediterranea'' (Ihering, 1886)
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Okenia mellita'' Rudman, 2004
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Okenia mexicorum'' Gosliner & Bertsch, 2004
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Okenia mica'' Ortea & Moro, 2014
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Okenia mija'' Burn, 1967
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Okenia miramarae'' Ortea & Espinosa, 2000
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Okenia nakamotoensis'' (Hamatani, 2001)
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Okenia nakanoae''
Paz-Sedano & Pola in Paz-Sedano, Wilson, Carmona, Gosliner & Pola, 2021
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Okenia opuntia'' Baba, 1960
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Okenia pellucida'' Burn, 1967
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Okenia picoensis''
Paz-Sedano, Ortigosa & Pola, 2017
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Okenia pilosa'' (Bouchet & Ortea, 1983)
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Okenia plana''
Baba, 1960
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Okenia polycerelloides''
(Ortea & Bouchet, 1983)
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Okenia problematica'' Pola, Paz-Sedano, Macali, Minchin, Marchini, Vitale, Licchelli & Crocetta, 2019
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Okenia pulchella''
Alder & Hancock, 1854
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Okenia purpurata'' Rudman, 2004
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Okenia purpureolineata'' Gosliner, 2004
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Okenia rhinorma'' Rudman, 2007
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Okenia rosacea'' (MacFarland, 1905)
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Okenia sapelona'' Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967
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Okenia siderata''
Paz-Sedano & Pola in Paz-Sedano, Wilson, Carmona, Gosliner & Pola, 2021
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Okenia stellata'' Rudman, 2004
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Okenia tenuifibrata''
Paz-Sedano & Pola in Paz-Sedano, Wilson, Carmona, Gosliner & Pola, 2021
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Okenia vancouverensis'' (O'Donoghue, 1921)
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Okenia vena'' Rudman, 2004
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Okenia virginiae'' Gosliner, 2004
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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
* http://www.catalogueoflife.org accessed 25 August 2009
External links
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Goniodorididae
Gastropod genera