{"id":502,"date":"2012-05-16T19:14:45","date_gmt":"2012-05-16T17:14:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opistobranquis.info\/paradoris-indecoraparadoris-indecoraparadoris-indecora"},"modified":"2025-03-09T11:02:10","modified_gmt":"2025-03-09T10:02:10","slug":"paradoris-indecora","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/opistobranquis.info\/en\/guia\/doridida\/doridoidei\/doridoidea\/paradoris-indecora\/","title":{"rendered":"Paradoris indecora"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Paradoris indecora <\/em>(Bergh, 1881)<\/h3>\n

\"Paradoris<\/div>
Paradoris indecora<\/em> by Enric Madrenas<\/center><\/span>

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WoRMS Taxonomic Information<\/h3>
Current accepted name: Paradoris indecora<\/em> (Bergh, 1881)<\/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>Doridoidea<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Family<\/th>Discodorididae<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Genus<\/th>Paradoris<\/em><\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Species<\/th>Paradoris indecora<\/em> (Bergh, 1881)<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/table>

Classification provided by the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). [139586<\/a>]<\/p><\/div>Taxonomic note:<\/strong> Fern\u00e1ndez-Vilert et al (2024) performed genetic analysis on a wide sample of seaslugs from the family Discodorididae and, among many other novel and interesting results, concluded that Paradoris indecora<\/em> was the only valid species in the amphi-Atlantic and Mediterranean regions within Paradoris<\/em> genus and it constitutes a species complex. The authors found three different morphotypes assigned to Paradoris indecora<\/em> due to colour variability. One has a translucent white body and several small, black spots on the dorsum (true Paradoris indecora<\/em>), another has a translucent white body without the presence of black spots (Paradoris<\/em> sp. 1), and the last one with an opaque brownish\/greyish body (Paradoris<\/em> sp. 2). The two latter are pending morphological study to determine whether they are undescribed species or belong to an already described species. Paradoris aviles<\/em> Ortea and Moro, 2022 and Paradoris rafaherreroi<\/em> Ortea and Moro, 2021, both described from Cape Verde, are externally similar to Paradoris<\/em> sp. 1 and sp. 2, respectively. Alternatively, these could represent the currently synonymized species Paradoris porri<\/em> (V\u00e9rany, 1846), Paradoris granulata<\/em> Bergh, 1884, or Paradoris cavernae<\/em> (Starm\u00fclhner, 1955) studied in Trainito and Doneddu (2014), which should, therefore, be resurrected. We keep the different “forms” of Paradoris indecora<\/em> in the present species record until their status is clarified.<\/p>\n

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