Doriopsilla
Doriopsilla is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs in the family Dendrodorididae.
Description
Doriopsilla and Dendrodoris are genera which have frequently been confused, partly because both lack a radula. They feed by dissolving their sponge food externally, using enzymes, and then ingesting sponge cells without the sponge skeleton. They share this loss of the radula and method of feeding with the Phyllidiidae but look more like other Dorid nudibranchs in having a rosette of gills surrounding a dorsal anus, whilst Phyllidiidae have the gills located beneath the edge of the mantle.Species
Species so far described in this genus include:Doriopsilla albopunctata Doriopsilla areolata Doriopsilla aurea Doriopsilla bertschi Hoover, Lindsay, Goddard & Valdés, 2015Doriopsilla capensis Bergh, 1907Doriopsilla carneola Doriopsilla davebehrensi Hoover, Lindsay, Goddard & Valdés, 2015Doriopsilla debruini Perrone, 2001Doriopsilla elitae Valdés & Hamann, 2008Doriopsilla espinosai Valdés & Ortea, 1998Doriopsilla fulva Doriopsilla gemela Gosliner, Schaefer & Millen, 1999Doriopsilla janaina Marcus and Marcus, 1967 Doriopsilla miniata Doriopsilla nigrocera Yonow, 2012 Doriopsilla nigrolineata Meyer, 1977Doriopsilla pallida Bergh, 1902Doriopsilla peculiaris Doriopsilla pelseneeri Oliviera, 1895Doriopsilla pharpa Er. Marcus, 1961Doriopsilla rowena Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1967 Doriopsilla spaldingi Valdes & Behrens, 1998Doriopsilla tishae Valdés & Hamann, 2008;Species brought into synonymy:Doriopsilla ciminoi Avila, Ballesteros & Ortea, 1992 accepted as Doriopsilla areolata Bergh, 1880Doriopsilla fedalae Pruvot-Fol. 1953 : synonym of Doriopsilla areolata Bergh, 1880Doriopsilla leia Er. Marcus, 1961: synonym of Doriopsilla pharpa Er. Marcus, 1961Doriopsilla nigromaculata : synonym of Dendrodoris nigromaculata Doriopsilla pusilla Pruvot-Fol, 1951 accepted as Doriopsilla areolata Bergh, 1880Doriopsilla rarispinosa Pruvot-Fol, 1951 accepted as Doriopsilla areolata Bergh, 1880