RT journal article
T1 An ocean yet to be discovered: increasing systematic knowledge of Indo-Pacific Okenia Menke, 1830 (Nudibranchia: Goniodorididae)
A1 Paz-Sedano, Sofía
A1 Wilson, Nerida
A1 Carmona Barnosi, Leila
A1 Gosliner, Terrence M.
A1 Pola, Marta
A2 Biología
K1 new species
K1 phylogeny
K1 taxonomy
K1 Japan
K1 Mozambique
K1 Australia
AB Numerous faunistic and ecological studies have been conducted throughout the Indo-Pacific Ocean to assess its biodiversity. Despite the abundance of research, studies on the species that inhabit the Indo-Pacific are still necessary due to its extent and high species richness. The major species richness of the genus Okenia Menke, 1830 (Nudibranchia, Goniodorididae) is found in the Indo-Pacific Ocean, including 38 of 60 valid species. Nevertheless, this number does not represent the real biodiversity, since at least 20 more species are already reported in field-guides as undescribed species belonging to this genus. The systematics of the genus Okenia is still unclear since it has been the subject of only a few and incomplete studies.  In the present paper, we describe five new Okenia species from the coastlines of Japan, Mozambique and Australia: Okenia aurorapapillata sp. nov., Okenia elisae sp. nov., Okenia nakanoae sp. nov., Okenia siderata sp. nov. and Okenia tenuifibrata sp. nov. Moreover, anatomical details not previously described of Okenia atkinsonorum, Okenia barnardi, Okenia cf. echinata, Okenia hallucigenia, Okenia hiroi, Okenia japonica, Okenia pellucida, Okenia pilosa and Okenia rhinorma are provided. New partial sequences of standard markers (COI, 16S rRNA and H3) were obtained and a phylogenetic analysis that included all species with available data was performed.
PB CSIRO Publishing
SN 1447-2600
YR 2021
FD 2021
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/34429
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/34429
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 06-nov-2026