Acanthodoris

Acanthodoris is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Onchidorididae.^[1] The genus is believed to have originated in the Atlantic Ocean in the Cretaceous period and spread to the Pacific Ocean.^[2] The relationships of Acanthodoris to the other genera in the family Onchidorididae were evaluated by molecular phylogeny in 2015.^[3]

Acanthodoris
Acanthodoris hudsoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Nudibranchia
Superfamily:	Onchidoridoidea
Family:	Onchidorididae
Genus:	Acanthodoris (Gray, 1850)
Diversity
18 species (in this list)

Species

Species within this genus include:^[1]

• Acanthodoris armata O'Donoghue, 1927 (taxon inquirendum)
• Acanthodoris atrogriseata O'Donoghue, 1927
• Acanthodoris brunnea MacFarland, 1905
• Acanthodoris caerulescens Bergh, 1880 (taxon inquirendum)
• Acanthodoris falklandica Eliot, 1907
• Acanthodoris globosa Abraham, 1877
• Acanthodoris hudsoni MacFarland, 1905
• Acanthodoris lutea MacFarland, 1925
• Acanthodoris metulifera Bergh, 1905
• Acanthodoris mollicella Abraham, 1877
• Acanthodoris nanaimoensis O'Donoghue, 1921
• Acanthodoris nanega Burn, 1969
• Acanthodoris pilosa (Abildgaard in Müller, 1789) - type species, synonyms: Doris quadrangulata Jeffreys, 1869
• Acanthodoris pina Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967
• Acanthodoris planca Fahey & Valdés, 2005^[4]
• Acanthodoris rhodoceras Cockerell in Cockerell & Eliot, 1905^[4]
• Acanthodoris uchidai Baba, 1935^[4]
• Acanthodoris vatheleti Rochebrune & Mabille, 1891^[4] (nomen dubium)

Species brought into synonymy

• Acanthodoris bifida (Verrill, 1870): synonym of Acanthodoris pilosa (Abildgaard in Müller, 1789)
• Acanthodoris citrina (Verrill, 1879): synonym of Acanthodoris pilosa (Abildgaard in Müller, 1789)
• Acanthodoris columbina MacFarland, 1926: synonym of Acanthodoris nanaimoensis O'Donoghue, 1921
• Acanthodoris ornata (Verrill, 1879): synonym of Acanthodoris pilosa (Abildgaard in Müller, 1789)
• Acanthodoris pallida Bergh, 1905: synonym of Acanthodoris pilosa (Abildgaard in Müller, 1789)
  • Acanthodoris pilosa ornata (Verrill, 1879): synonym of Acanthodoris pilosa (Abildgaard in Müller, 1789)
• Acanthodoris serpentinotus Williams & Gosliner, 1979: synonym of Acanthodoris pina Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967
• Acanthodoris stellata (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of Acanthodoris pilosa (Abildgaard in Müller, 1789)
• Acanthodoris stohleri Lance, 1968: synonym of Acanthodoris pina Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967
• Acanthodoris subquadrata (Alder & Hancock, 1845): synonym of Acanthodoris pilosa (Abildgaard in Müller, 1789)