{"id":29262,"date":"2019-10-27T20:00:07","date_gmt":"2019-10-27T19:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opistobranquis.info\/?page_id=29262"},"modified":"2019-10-27T20:10:53","modified_gmt":"2019-10-27T19:10:53","slug":"okenia-hispanica","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/opistobranquis.info\/en\/guia\/doridida\/doridoidei\/onchidoridoidea\/okenia-hispanica\/","title":{"rendered":"Okenia hispanica"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Okenia hispanica<\/em> Vald\u00e9s & Ortea, 1995<\/h3>\n

\"Okenia<\/div>
Okenia hispanica by Valdes & Ortea, 1995<\/em> by OPK<\/center><\/span>

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WoRMS Taxonomic Information<\/h3>
Current accepted name: Okenia hispanica<\/em> \u00c1. Vald\u00e9s & Ortea, 1995<\/strong><\/div>

Current classification<\/h4>
Superdomain<\/th>Biota<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Kingdom<\/th>Animalia<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Phylum<\/th>Mollusca<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Class<\/th>Gastropoda<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Subclass<\/th>Heterobranchia<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Infraclass<\/th>Euthyneura<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Subterclass<\/th>Ringipleura<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Superorder<\/th>Nudipleura<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Order<\/th>Doridida<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Infraorder<\/th>Doridoidei<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Superfamily<\/th>Onchidoridoidea<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Family<\/th>Goniodorididae<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Subfamily<\/th>Goniodoridinae<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Genus<\/th>Okenia<\/em><\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Species<\/th>Okenia hispanica<\/em> \u00c1. Vald\u00e9s & Ortea, 1995<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/table>

Classification provided by the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). [140038<\/a>]<\/p><\/div>Description
\n<\/strong>Body high and relatively short, coloured hyaline white with several pink patches on the notum, the two largest ones located right behind each rhinophore and another large patch behind the gill, on the anal area. The dorsum is smooth. Head with a velum with four long yellow appendages with white tips. There are seven to nine short papillae on each side of the body, on the notum edge. Gill formed by five white leaves with yellow tips. The short oral tentacles are white. There is a yellow line on the white tail.<\/p>\n

Biology
\n<\/strong>Very similar to Okenia amoenula<\/em>, described by Bergh (1907) and Gosliner (1987) as crimson and yellow
\nin color, and MacNae (1957) as brick red and yellow, whereas Okenia hispanica<\/em> is pink and yellow. Internally, both species can be distinguished by the structure of the genital system and their radular anatomy. It can also be confused with Okenia mediterranea<\/em>, but this species has a row tubercles on the dorsum in adult specimens, and also differ on radular anatomy.<\/p>\n

Etymology<\/strong><\/p>\n