Acanthodoris
Acanthodoris is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Acanthodorididae.
The genus is believed to have originated in the Atlantic Ocean in the Cretaceous period and spread to the Pacific Ocean.
The relationships of Acanthodoris to the other genera in the superfamily Onchidoridoidea were evaluated by molecular phylogeny in 2015. and in 2024.
Species
Species within this genus include:- Acanthodoris armata O'Donoghue, 1927
- Acanthodoris atrogriseata O'Donoghue, 1927
- Acanthodoris brunnea MacFarland, 1905
- Acanthodoris caerulescens Bergh, 1880
- 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 - type species
- Acanthodoris pina Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967
- Acanthodoris planca Fahey & Valdés, 2005
- Acanthodoris rhodoceras Cockerell in Cockerell & Eliot, 1905
- Acanthodoris vatheleti Rochebrune & Mabille, 1891
- * Acanthodoris pilosa ornata : synonym of Acanthodoris pilosa Acanthodoris serpentinotus Williams & Gosliner, 1979: synonym of Acanthodoris pina Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967Acanthodoris stellata : synonym of Acanthodoris pilosa Acanthodoris stohleri Lance, 1968: synonym of Acanthodoris pina Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967Acanthodoris subquadrata : synonym of Acanthodoris pilosa
- Acanthodoris uchidai Baba, 1935: synonym of ''Acanthomira uchidai''