Calmidae

Calmidae is a taxonomic family of sea slugs with only one genus and two species. These are specifically aeolid nudibranchs. They are marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Fionoidea.[1]

Calmidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia
clade Aeolidida
Superfamily:
Fionoidea
Family:
Calmidae

Genera and species

Calma Alder & Hancock, 1855

This family has no subfamilies.[2]

Taxonomic history

The genera in this family were moved to the family Fionidae as a result of a molecular phylogenetics study.[3]

Biology

Species in this family have an unusual diet for Nudibranchs. They feed on fish eggs.

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References
  1. Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).
  2. Bouchet, P. (2015). Calmidae Iredale & O'Donoghue, 1923. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-14
  3. Cella, K; Carmona Barnosi, L.; Ekimova, I; Chichvarkhin, A; Schepetov, D; Gosliner, T. M. (2016). A radical solution: The phylogeny of the nudibranch family Fionidae. PLoS ONE. 11(12): e0167800.


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