# Diaphoreolis

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***Diaphoreolis*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of [sea slugs](/source/Sea_slug), aeolid [nudibranchs](/source/Nudibranch), [marine](/source/Marine_(ocean)) [gastropod](/source/Gastropod) [molluscs](/source/Mollusc) in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Trinchesiidae](/source/Trinchesiidae).[2]

*Diaphoreolis* species feed on [hydroids](/source/Hydroid_(zoology)).

## Species

According to Korshunova et al. (2025), species within in the genus *Diaphoreolis* include:[3][4]

- *[Diaphoreolis flavovulta](/source/Diaphoreolis_flavovulta)* (MacFarland, 1966)
- *[Diaphoreolis lagunae](/source/Diaphoreolis_lagunae)* (O'Donoghue, 1926)
- *[Diaphoreolis midori](/source/Diaphoreolis_midori)* Martynov et al., 2015
- *[Diaphoreolis scintillans](/source/Diaphoreolis_scintillans)* Miller, 1977
- *[Diaphoreolis stipata](/source/Diaphoreolis_stipata)* Alder & Hancock, 1843
- *[Diaphoreolis veronicae](/source/Diaphoreolis_veronicae)* Verrill, 1880
- *[Diaphoreolis viridis](/source/Diaphoreolis_viridis)* (Forbes, 1840) - type species (as *Eolis northumbrica* Alder & Hancock, 1844)
- *[Diaphoreolis zvezda](/source/Diaphoreolis_zvezda)* Korshunova et al., 2023

## References

1. Iredale T. & O'Donoghue C.H. (1923). [List of British nudibranchiate mollusca.](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/95719#page/507/mode/1up) Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 15(5): 195-233.

1. Korshunova, T.; Martynov, A.; Picton, B. (2017). [Ontogeny as an important part of integrative taxonomy in tergipedid aeolidaceans (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia) with a description of a new genus and species from the Barents Sea.](https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4324.1.1) Zootaxa. 4324(1): 1.

1. Picton, B.; Bouchet, P. (2017). [*Diaphoreolis* Iredale & O'Donoghue, 1923.](http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=761272) In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2017-11-01.

1. Korshunova T.; Fletcher K.; Martynov A. (2025). [*The endless forms are the most differentiated—how taxonomic pseudo-optimization masked natural diversity and evolution: the nudibranch case*](https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf057) Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, Volume 204, Issue 4, August 2025, zlaf057,

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