Order: Nudibranchia Cuvier, 1817 - Suborder: Doridina

Family: Goniodorididae H. & A. Adams, 1854

Okenia longiductis Pola M., Paz-Sedano S., Macali A., Minchin D., Marchini A., Vitale F., Licchelli C. e Crocetta F., 2019

Mar Piccolo (Taranto, Italy), 5m depth

Specie piuttosto comune, nei mesi invernali. Esemplari ripresi su Briozoo Amathia verticillata (delle Chiaie, 1822). La specie è stata osservata e fotografata anche a Torre Inserraglio (Lecce, Italy).

Rather common species, in the winter months. Specimens taken from Bryozoo Amathia verticillata (delle Chiaie, 1822). The species has also been observed and photographed in Torre Inserraglio (Lecce, Italy)

 

Bibliography

Pola M., Paz-Sedano S., Macali A., Minchin D., Marchini A., Vitale F., Licchelli C. e Crocetta F., 2019 What is really out there? Review of the genus Okenia Menke, 1830 (Nudibranchia: Goniodorididae) in the Mediterranean Sea with description of two new species. Plos|One 14(5): e0215037. May 1, 2019 1/31

Furfaro G., Vitale F., Licchelli C. e Mariottini P. 2020 Two Seas for One Great Diversity: Checklist of the Marine Heterobranchia (Mollusca; Gastropoda) from the Salento Peninsula (South-East Italy) Diversity 2020, 12, 171; doi:10.3390/d12050171