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 Phyllidioidea > Family Dendrodorididae > Genus Doriopsilla

Doriopsilla areolata Bergh, 1880

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Doriopsilla*	Bergh, 1880	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Doris reticulata*	R. A. Philippi, 1836	junior homonym
*Doriopsilla pusilla*	Pruvot-Fol, 1951	synonym

Literature

original description	Bergh, L. S. R. (1880). Die Doriopsen des Mittelmeeres. Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft. 7: 297-328.
additional source	Valdés, J. & Ortea, J. (1997). Review of the genus Doriopsilla Bergh, 1880 (Gastropoda, Nudibranchia) in the Atlantic Ocean. The Veliger. 40(3): 240-254.
additional source	Goodheart, J.; Valdés,. (2013). Re-evaluation of the Doriopsilla areolata Bergh, 1880 (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia) subspecies complex in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and its relationship to South African Doriopsilla miniata (Alder & Hancock, 1864) based on molecular data. Marine Biodiversity. 43(2): 113-120.
status source	Furfaro, G.; Schreier, C.; Trainito, E.; Pontes, M.; Madrenas, E.; Girard, P.; Mariottini, P. (2022). The sea slug Doriopsilla areolata Bergh, 1880 (Mollusca, Gastropoda) in the Mediterranean Sea: Another case of cryptic diversity. Diversity. 14: 297.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Doriopsilla areolata Bergh, 1880. 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:139520