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 > Genus Okenia

Okenia elegans (Leuckart, 1828)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Okenia*	Menke, 1830	accepted genus name
*Idalia*	Leuckart, 1828	junior homonym
*Idalla*	Örsted, 1844	orthographic variant
*Goniodoris*	Forbes & Goodsir, 1839	synonym

Species group names

*Euplocamus cirriger*	R. A. Philippi, 1839	synonym
*Euplocamus laciniosus*	R. A. Philippi, 1841	synonym
*Idalia cirrigera*	(R. A. Philippi, 1839)	synonym
*Idalia dautzenbergi*	Vayssière, 1919	synonym
*Idalia elegans*	Leuckart, 1828	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: yellow skirt slug sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: GelbrüschenMeeresnacktschnecke

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp.

Genbank

External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Okenia elegans (Leuckart, 1828). 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:140037