Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Euthyneura > Subterclass Ringipleura > Superorder Nudipleura > Order Nudibranchia > Suborder Doridina > Infraorder Doridoidei > Superfamily Onchidoridoidea > Family Goniodorididae > Subfamily Goniodoridinae

Okenia Menke, 1830

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Idalia*	Leuckart, 1828	junior homonym; nom. inval.
*Idalla*	Örsted, 1844	orthographic variant
*Goniodoris*	Forbes & Goodsir, 1839	synonym

Children

Okenia ameliae Ortea, Moro & Caballer, 2014
Okenia aspersa (Alder & Hancock, 1845)
Okenia elegans (Leuckart, 1828)
Okenia hispanica Á. Valdés & Ortea, 1995
Okenia leachii (Alder & Hancock, 1854)
Okenia mediterranea (Ihering, 1886)
Okenia nodosa (Montagu, 1808)
Okenia pulchella (Alder & Hancock, 1854)
Okenia pusilla Sordi, 1974

Literature

original description	Menke, K. T. (1830). Synopsis methodica molluscorum generum omnium et specierum earum, quae in Museo Menkeano adservantur; cum synonymia critica et novarum specierum diagnosibus. Ed. 2, auctior et emendatior. Georg Uslar, Pyrmont. xvi + 168 [+ 1, errata] pp.
status source	Paz-Sedano, S.; Moles, J.; Smirnoff, D.; Gosliner, T. M.; Pola, M. (2024). A combined phylogenetic strategy illuminates the evolution of Goniodorididae nudibranchs (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Heterobranchia). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 107990.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Okenia Menke, 1830. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138042