Okenia luna Millen, Schroedl , Vargas & Indacochea, 1994

Grandez, Alessandra, Ampuero, Andre & Barahona, Sergio P., 2023, Peruvian nudibranchs (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Heterobranchia): an updated literature review-based list of species, ZooKeys 1176, pp. 117-163 : 117

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scientific name

Okenia luna Millen, Schroedl , Vargas & Indacochea, 1994
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Okenia luna Millen, Schroedl, Vargas & Indacochea, 1994 View in CoL

Peruvian specimen photographs: Fig. 14 View Figure 14

Habitat.

Benthic.

Depth.

4-20 m ( Schrödl 1996a).

Type material.

Holotype CASIZ 089293-Coliumo Bay (36°32'S, 73°57'W), north of Concepción, Chile.

Distribution.

From Ancon Bay (Lima, Peru) to Coliumo Bay (Chile).

Sampling/reporting sites.

In Peru, it was collected in Ancon Bay (Lima, 11°47'S) ( Millen et al. 1994). In Chile, it was collected in Iquique (22°13'S) ( Fischer 2006) and Coliumo Bay (36°32'S) ( Schrödl 2003).

Remarks.

First record of the genus Okenia reported in the Southeast Pacific ( Millen et al. 1994). It is distributed in Peruvian and Chilean waters.

Superfamily Phyllidioidea Rafinesque, 1814

Family Dendrodorididae O’Donoghue, 1924 (1864)

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

Order

Nudibranchia

Family

Goniodorididae

Genus

Okenia