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Okenia pulchella
(Alder & Hancock, 1854)
AphiaID
156274
(urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:156274)
Classification
Biota
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Heterobranchia
Euthyneura
Ringipleura
Nudipleura
Nudibranchia
Doridina
Doridoidei
Onchidoridoidea
Goniodorididae
Goniodoridinae
Okenia
Okenia pulchella
Status
accepted
Rank
Species
Parent
Okenia
Menke, 1830
Original name
Idalia pulchella
Alder & Hancock, 1854
Synonymised names
Idalia pulchella
Alder & Hancock, 1854
·
unaccepted
Environment
marine,
brackish
,
fresh
,
terrestrial
Fossil range
recent only
Original description
(of
Idalia pulchella
Alder & Hancock, 1854
)
Alder J. & Hancock A. (1854). Notice of some new species of British Nudibranchiata. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> ser. 2, 14: 102-105.
,
available online at
http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18659561
page(s): 103
[details]
Taxonomic citation
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase.
Okenia pulchella
(Alder & Hancock, 1854). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2021) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data../aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156274 on 2026-09-06
Regional species database citation
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species.
Okenia pulchella
(Alder & Hancock, 1854). Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=156274 on 2026-09-06
Taxonomic edit history
Date
action
by
2005-05-11 07:17:27Z
created
Cuvelier, Daphne
2010-03-31 06:40:42Z
changed
Rosenberg, Gary
2013-11-09 09:08:23Z
changed
Gofas, Serge
2017-03-28 13:08:47Z
changed
Picton, Bernard
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Sources (2)
Documented distribution (1)
Attributes (5)
Links (5)
original description
(of
Idalia pulchella
Alder & Hancock, 1854
)
Alder J. & Hancock A. (1854). Notice of some new species of British Nudibranchiata. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> ser. 2, 14: 102-105.
,
available online at
http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18659561
page(s): 103
[details]
redescription
Thompson, T. E. & Brown, G. H. (1984). <i>Biology of Opisthobranch Molluscs vol. 2</i>. Ray Society (Monograph 156), London. 229 pp.
[details]
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
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Idalia pulchella
Alder & Hancock, 1854
)
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