Okenia sapelona is a species of sea slug, specifically a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniodorididae.[2]

Okenia sapelona
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Onchidoridoidea
Family: Goniodorididae
Genus: Okenia
Species:
O. sapelona
Binomial name
Okenia sapelona
Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967[1]

Distribution edit

This species was described from Sapelo Island, Georgia, United States.

References edit

  1. ^ Marcus, Ev., & Er. Marcus. 1967. Some opisthobranchs from Sapelo Island, Georgia, U.S.A. Malacologia 6(1-2):199-222.
  2. ^ Rosenberg, G. (2015). Okenia sapelona Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-20