Taxonomy:
Class: Gastropoda Cuvier, 1797
Subclass: Heterobranchia J.E. Gray, 1840
Clade: Euthyneura Spengel, 1881
Clade: Nudipleura Wägele & Willan, 2000
Order: Nudibranchia Cuvier, 1817
Suborder: Euctenidiacea Tardy, 1970
Infraorder: Doridacea Odhner 1934
Superfamily: Doridoidea Rafinesque, 1815
Family: Discodorididae Bergh, 1891
Genus: ‘Montereina’ MacFarland, 1905
Species: ‘Montereina’ hispida (d'Orbigny, 1837) [Doris] |
Concerning the change to Diaulula have a look at
Bill Rudmans Seaslug
Forum
or at
Valdés, A. & Gosliner, T. M. (2001) Systematics and
phylogeny of the
caryophyllidia-bearing dorids (Mollusca, Nudibranchia), with the description
of a new genus and four new species from Indo-Pacific deep waters.
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 133: 103-198.---
or at
Valdés, A. 2002. A phylogenetic
analysis and systematic revision of the cryptobranch dorids (Mollusca,
Nudibranchia, Anthobranchia). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society,
136: 535-636.
I place it in ‘Montereina’
according to:
Dayrat, B. 2010. A Monographic Revision
of Basal Discodorid Sea Slugs (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Nudibranchia: Doridina).
Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 61, suppl I: 1-403.
formerly placed in the Order: NUDIBRANCHIA, in the Subclass: OPISTHOBRANCHIA
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