Okenia sapelona

Okenia sapelona is a species of sea slug, specifically a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae.[2]

Okenia sapelona
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Euctenidiacea

clade Doridacea
Superfamily:
Onchidoridoidea
Family:
Goniodorididae
Genus:
Okenia
Species:
O. sapelona
Binomial name
Okenia sapelona
Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967[1]

Distribution

This species was described from Sapelo Island, Georgia, United States.

References
  1. Marcus, Ev., & Er. Marcus. 1967. Some opisthobranchs from Sapelo Island, Georgia, U.S.A. Malacologia 6(1-2):199-222.
  2. Rosenberg, G. (2015). Okenia sapelona Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-20
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