Aeolidiidae

Aeolidiidae, a family of aeolid nudibranchs, are a family of sea slugs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs.[1]

Aeolidiidae
Aeolidia papillosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Cladobranchia
Superfamily: Aeolidioidea
Family: Aeolidiidae
Orbigny, 1834
Genera
See text.
Synonyms[1]
  • Eolidininae (Invalid: Placed on the Official Index by ICZN Opinion 780)
  • Pleurolidiidae
  • Protaeolidiellidae
  • Spurillidae

Most, or perhaps all, members of this family feed on sea anemones and have a distinctive single row of comb-shaped serrated radular teeth.[2]

Genera

Genera within the Aeolidiidae include:

Genera brought into synonymy:

  • Aeolidina Pruvot-Fol, 1951: synonym of Aeolidiella Bergh, 1867
  • Aeolidiopsis Pruvot-Fol, 1956: synonym of Baeolidia Bergh, 1888
  • Aeolis Menke, 1844: synonym of Aeolidia Cuvier, 1798
  • Eolida synonym of Aeolidia Cuvier, 1798
  • Eolidia Cuvier, 1816: synonym of Aeolidia Cuvier, 1798
  • Eolidina Quatrefages, 1843: synonym of Aeolidiella Bergh, 1867
  • Eolis Cuvier, 1805: synonym of Aeolidia Cuvier, 1798
  • Fenrisia Bergh, 1888: synonym of Cerberilla Bergh, 1873
  • Millereolidia Ortea, Caballer & Espinosa, 2004: synonym of Berghia Trinchese, 1877
  • Milleria Ortea, Caballer & Espinosa, 2003: synonym of Millereolidia Ortea, Caballer & Espinosa, 2004: synonym of Berghia Trinchese, 1877
  • Protaeolidia Baba, 1955: synonym of Protaeolidiella Baba, 1955, family Pleurolidiidae

References
  1. Bouchet, P. (2014). Aeolidiidae Gray, 1827. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2014-10-24
  2. Domínguez, M.; Troncoso, J. S.; García, F. J. (2008). "The family Aeolidiidae Gray, 1827 (Gastropoda Opisthobranchia) from Brazil, with a description of a new species belonging to the genus Berghia Trinchese, 1877". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 153 (2): 349–368. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00390.x.
  3. Carmona L., Pola M., Gosliner T.M. & Cervera J.L. 2013. A tale that morphology fails to tell: A molecular phylogeny of Aeolidiidae (Aeolidida, Nudibranchia, Gastropoda). PLoS ONE 8(5): e63000. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0063000

  • Gosliner, T.M. 1987. Nudibranchs of Southern Africa ISBN 0-930118-13-8

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