Doridoxidae
| Doridoxidae | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Nudipleura clade Nudibranchia clade Dexiarchia |
| (unranked): | clade Pseudoeuctenidiacea |
| Superfamily: | Doridoxoidea Bergh, 1899 |
| Family: | Doridoxidae Bergh, 1899[1] |
| Type species | |
| Doridoxa ingolfiana | |
| genera | |
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Doridoxa Bergh, 1899 | |
Doridoxidae, commonly known as doridoxid nudibranchs, are a small, enigmatic taxonomic family of shell-less sea slugs, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Nudibranchia within the clade Dexiarchia.[2]
Doridoxidae is the only family in the superfamily Doridoxoidea, within the clade Pseudoeuctenidiacea (= Doridoxida).
Genera
The family Doridoxidae is a small family with only one genus Doridoxa and three species:[3]
- Doridoxa benthalis Barnard, 1963[4]
- Doridoxa ingolfiana Bergh, 1899 - the type species of Doridoxa[1]
- Doridoxa walteri (Krause, 1892)
References
- 1 2 Bergh R. 1899. Nudibranchiate Gasteropoder. Den Danske Ingolf-Expedition, 2(3): 46 pp., 5 pls.
- ↑ Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).
- ↑ Gofas, S. (2014). Doridoxidae Bergh, 1899. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=370547 on 2015-02-12
- ↑ Barnard, K. H. 1963. Deep sea Mollusca from west of Cape Point, South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum 46(17):407-452.
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