Doridoxidae

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
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(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 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
  1. Bergh R. 1899. Nudibranchiate Gasteropoder. Den Danske Ingolf-Expedition, 2(3): 46 pp., 5 pls.
  2. MolluscaBase (2018). Doridoxidae Bergh, 1899. Accessed on 2021-01-09.
  3. Korshunova, T.; Martynov, A. (2020). Consolidated data on the phylogeny and evolution of the family Tritoniidae (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia) contribute to genera reassessment and clarify the taxonomic status of the neuroscience models Tritonia and Tochuina. PLOS ONE. 15(11): e0242103.
  4. MolluscaBase (2018). Doridoxa Bergh, 1899. Accessed on 2021-01-06.
  5. 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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