Diaphoreolis is a genus of sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Trinchesiidae.[2]
| Diaphoreolis | |
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| The nudibranch Diaphoreolis viridis, Gulen Dive Resort, Norway. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
| Superfamily: | Fionoidea |
| Family: | Trinchesiidae |
| Genus: | Diaphoreolis Iredale & O'Donoghue, 1923[1] |
Diaphoreolis species feed on hydroids.
Species
editSpecies in the genus Diaphoreolis included:[3]
- Diaphoreolis flavovulta (MacFarland, 1966)
- Diaphoreolis lagunae (O'Donoghue, 1926)
- Diaphoreolis viridis (Forbes, 1840) - type species (as Eolis northumbrica Alder & Hancock, 1844)
References
edit- ^ Iredale T. & O'Donoghue C.H. (1923). List of British nudibranchiate mollusca. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 15(5): 195-233.
- ^ Korshunova, T.; Martynov, A.; Picton, B. (2017). Ontogeny as an important part of integrative taxonomy in tergipedid aeolidaceans (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia) with a description of a new genus and species from the Barents Sea. Zootaxa. 4324(1): 1.
- ^ Picton, B.; Bouchet, P. (2017). Diaphoreolis Iredale & O'Donoghue, 1923. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2017-11-01.