Edmundsella, Korshunova, Tatiana, Martynov, Alexander, Bakken, Torkild, Evertsen, Jussi, Fletcher, Karin, Mudianta, I Wayan, Saito, Hiroshi, Lundin, Kennet, Michael Schroedl, & Picton, Bernard, 2017

Korshunova, Tatiana, Martynov, Alexander, Bakken, Torkild, Evertsen, Jussi, Fletcher, Karin, Mudianta, I Wayan, Saito, Hiroshi, Lundin, Kennet, Michael Schroedl, & Picton, Bernard, 2017, Polyphyly of the traditional family Flabellinidae affects a major group of Nudibranchia: aeolidacean taxonomic reassessment with descriptions of several new families, genera, and species (Mollusca, Gastropoda), ZooKeys 717, pp. 1-139 : 47

Edmundsella gen. n. Figs 34, 40

Type species.

Doris pedata Montagu, 1815.

Etymology.

In honour of distinguished opisthobranch taxonomist Malcolm Edmunds (UK) who died in January 2017.

Diagnosis.

Body narrow. Notal edge reduced. Cerata on low elevations, in several groups. Rhinophores wrinkled, similar in length to or shorter than oral tentacles. Anterior foot corners present. Anus pleuroproctic. Distinct oral glands. Rachidian teeth with narrow compressed cusp and distinct denticles. Lateral teeth denticulated with attenuated process basally. Separated distal and proximal receptaculum seminis. Short prostatic, non-granulated vas deferens. Penis conical to bulbous.

Species included.

Edmundsella albomaculata (Pola et al., 2014), comb. n. (original description in Pola et al. 2014), Edmundsella pedata (Montagu, 1815), comb. n. (Fig. 40) (original description in Montagu 1815), Edmundsella (?) vansyoci (Gosliner, 1994), comb. n. (original description in Gosliner 1994).

Remarks.

The genus Edmundsella gen.n. clearly differs morphologically from other flabellinid genera by the presence of smooth rhinophores, non-stalked cerata on low elevations, and a relatively short vas deferens. Molecular distances between Edmundsella gen. n. and other genera of the family Flabellinidae are significant (13%-19%; see Table 1).