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Diaphoreolis

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Diaphoreolis
The nudibranch Diaphoreolis viridis, Gulen Dive Resort, Norway.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Superfamily: Fionoidea
Family: Trinchesiidae
Genus: Diaphoreolis
Iredale & O'Donoghue, 1923[1]

Diaphoreolis is a genus of sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Trinchesiidae.[2]

Diaphoreolis species feed on hydroids.

Species

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Species in the genus Diaphoreolis included:[3]

References

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  1. ^ Iredale T. & O'Donoghue C.H. (1923). List of British nudibranchiate mollusca. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 15(5): 195-233.
  2. ^ Korshunova, T.; Martynov, A.; Picton, B. (2017). Ontogeny as an important part of integrative taxonomy in tergipedid aeolidaceans (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia) with a description of a new genus and species from the Barents Sea. Zootaxa. 4324(1): 1.
  3. ^ Picton, B.; Bouchet, P. (2017). Diaphoreolis Iredale & O'Donoghue, 1923. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2017-11-01.