Doridoxidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Cladobranchia
clade Pseudoeuctenidiacea
Superfamily:
Doridoxoidea

Bergh, 1899
Family:
Doridoxidae

Bergh, 1899[1]
Type species
Doridoxa ingolfiana
Genera

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 Cladobranchia within the clade Nudibranchia.[2]

Doridoxidae is currently the only family in the superfamily Doridoxoidea, within the clade Pseudoeuctenidiacea (= Doridoxida). Molecular evidence shows that it groups with the genera Doridomorpha and Heterodoris and the family Arminidae and close to Tritoniidae.[3]

Genera

The family Doridoxidae is a small family with only one genus Doridoxa and two species:[4]

  • Doridoxa benthalis Barnard, 1963[5]
  • Doridoxa walteri (Krause, 1892)

Species brought into synonymy:

  • Doridoxa ingolfiana Bergh, 1899 - the type species of Doridoxa; synonym of Doridoxa walteri.[3]


References

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