Doriopsilla
Introduction '''''Doriopsilla''''' is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs in the family Dendrodorididae.
Description ''Doriopsilla'' and ''Dendrodoris'' are genera which have frequently been confused, partly because both lack a radula. They feed by dissolving their sponge food externally, using enzymes, and then ingesting sponge cells without the sponge skeleton. They share this loss of the radula and method of feeding with the Phyllidiidae but look more like other Dorid nudibranchs in having a rosette of gills surrounding a dorsal anus, whilst Phyllidiidae have the gills located beneath the edge of the mantle.
Species Species so far described in this genus include: * ''Doriopsilla albopunctata'' (J.G. Cooper, 1863)* ''Doriopsilla areolata'' (Bergh, 1880)* ''Doriopsilla aurea'' (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)* ''Doriopsilla bertschi'' Hoover, Lindsay, Goddard & Valdés, 2015* ''Doriopsilla capensis'' Bergh, 1907* ''Doriopsilla carneola'' (Angas, 1864)* ''Doriopsilla davebehrensi'' Hoover, Lindsay, Goddard & Valdés, 2015* ''Doriopsilla debruini'' Perrone, 2001* ''Doriopsilla elitae'' Valdés & Hamann, 2008* ''Doriopsilla espinosai'' Valdés & Ortea, 1998* ''Doriopsilla fulva'' (MacFarland, 1905)* ''Doriopsilla gemela'' Gosliner, Schaefer & Millen, 1999* ''Doriopsilla janaina'' Marcus and Marcus, 1967 * ''Doriopsilla miniata'' (Alder and Hancock, 1864)* ''Doriopsilla nigrocera'' Yonow, 2012 * ''Doriopsilla nigrolineata'' Meyer, 1977* ''Doriopsilla pallida'' Bergh, 1902* ''Doriopsilla peculiaris'' (Abraham, 1877)* ''Doriopsilla pelseneeri'' Oliviera, 1895* ''Doriopsilla pharpa'' Er. Marcus, 1961* ''Doriopsilla rowena'' Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1967  * ''Doriopsilla spaldingi'' Valdes & Behrens, 1998* ''Doriopsilla tishae'' Valdés & Hamann, 2008;Species brought into synonymy:* ''Doriopsilla ciminoi'' Avila, Ballesteros & Ortea, 1992 accepted as ''Doriopsilla areolata'' Bergh, 1880* ''Doriopsilla fedalae'' Pruvot-Fol. 1953 : synonym of ''Doriopsilla areolata'' Bergh, 1880* ''Doriopsilla leia'' Er. Marcus, 1961: synonym of ''Doriopsilla pharpa'' Er. Marcus, 1961* ''Doriopsilla nigromaculata'' (Cockerell in Coc and Eliot, 1905): synonym of ''Dendrodoris nigromaculata'' (Cockerell, 1905)* ''Doriopsilla pusilla'' Pruvot-Fol, 1951 accepted as ''Doriopsilla areolata'' Bergh, 1880* ''Doriopsilla rarispinosa'' Pruvot-Fol, 1951 accepted as ''Doriopsilla areolata'' Bergh, 1880
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