Knoutsodonta depressa

Knoutsodonta depressa (Alder & Hancock, 1842)

Knoutsodonta depressa by Bernard Picton

Taxonomy

	Superdomain	Biota
	Kingdom	Animalia
	Phylum	Mollusca
	Class	Gastropoda
	Subclass	Heterobranchia
	Infraclass	Euthyneura
	Subterclass	Ringipleura
	Superorder	Nudipleura
	Order	Nudibranchia
	Suborder	Doridina
	Infraorder	Doridoidei
	Superfamily	Onchidoridoidea
	Family	Onchidorididae
	Genus	Idaliadoris
	Species	Idaliadoris depressa (Alder & Hancock, 1842)

	Classification according to Bouchet et al. (2017) Taxonomic source: World Register of Marine Species (AphiaID: 1618239).

Synonyms

Onchidoris depressa (Alder & Hancock, 1842)
Doris depressa Alder & Hancock, 1842

Description

Biology

Etymology

Knoutsodonta, from the Greek meaning “lame tooth”, to represent
nudibranch species that lack a rachidian or middle tooth.
Depressa. From Latin “depressus”, reduced, low, submerged.

Distribution

Known georeferenced records of the species: Knoutsodonta depressa
Sources:
: OBIS : GROC 2010-2011 : Enric Madrenas : João Pedro Silva : Bernard Picton : GBIF.ORG	: OPK : VIMAR : Manuel Ballesteros. : M@re Nostrum : Altres fonts : Marine Regions

Abundance

Western Mediterranean:	☆☆☆☆☆
Eastern Mediterranean:	☆☆☆☆☆
Atlantic Ocean:	☆☆☆☆☆

Month

This chart displays the monthly observation probability for Knoutsodonta depressa based on our own records.

More pictures

Knoutsodonta depressa

Knoutsodonta depressa @ L’Escala by Enric Madrenas

Bibliography

Steve Long, 2006

Bibliography of Opisthobranchia 1554-2000

Gary McDonald, 2009

Bibliographia Nudibranchia

Further reading

Cite this article as:

Ballesteros, M., Madrenas, E. & Pontes, M. (2012-2025) "Knoutsodonta depressa" in OPK-Opistobranquis. Published: 04/11/2012. Accessed: 03/02/2025. Available at (https://opistobranquis.info/en/?p=2473)

Knoutsodonta depressa