World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)

CaRMS taxon details

Okenia Menke, 1830

Okenia elegans (Leuckart, 1828)

AphiaID

138042 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138042)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Goniodoridinae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854

Original name

Okenia Menke, 1830

Direct children (5)

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Species Okenia ascidicola M. P. Morse, 1972
Species Okenia aspersa (Alder & Hancock, 1845)
Species Okenia pulchella (Alder & Hancock, 1854)
Species Okenia modesta (A. E. Verrill, 1875) accepted as Okenia aspersa (Alder & Hancock, 1845) (synonym)
Species Okenia quadricornis (Montagu, 1813) accepted as Okenia aspersa (Alder & Hancock, 1845) (suppressed under ICZN Opinion 1014)

Environment

marine, brackish

Original description

Menke, K. T. (1830). Synopsis methodica molluscorum generum omnium et specierum earum, quae in Museo Menkeano adservantur; cum synonymia critica et novarum specierum diagnosibus. Ed. 2, auctior et emendatior. Georg Uslar, Pyrmont. xvi + 168 [+ 1, errata] pp. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13107961
page(s): 10 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Okenia Menke, 1830. Accessed through: Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2025) Canadian Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/CaRMS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138042 on 2025-05-07

Regional species database citation

Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2025). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Okenia Menke, 1830. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/CaRMS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138042 on 2025-05-07

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2005-04-15 07:47:28Z

changed

Cuvelier, Daphne

2010-10-16 15:09:18Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2014-05-06 10:59:29Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2017-11-25 04:06:11Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2023-12-15 22:22:22Z

changed

Picton, Bernard

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original description Menke, K. T. (1830). Synopsis methodica molluscorum generum omnium et specierum earum, quae in Museo Menkeano adservantur; cum synonymia critica et novarum specierum diagnosibus. Ed. 2, auctior et emendatior. Georg Uslar, Pyrmont. xvi + 168 [+ 1, errata] pp. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13107961
page(s): 10 [details]

context source (PeRMS) Ramírez, R.; Paredes, C.; Arenas, J. (2003). Moluscos del Perú. Revista de Biologia Tropical. 51(supplement 3): 225-284. [details] Available for editors

status source Paz-Sedano, S.; Moles, J.; Smirnoff, D.; Gosliner, T. M.; Pola, M. (2024). A combined phylogenetic strategy illuminates the evolution of Goniodorididae nudibranchs (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Heterobranchia). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 107990., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2023.107990 [details] Available for editors

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

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Okenia elegans (Leuckart, 1828)

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