Doridoxidae

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
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Pseudoeuctenidiacea
Superfamily:
Doridoxoidea

Bergh, 1899
Family:
Doridoxidae

Bergh, 1899[1]
Type species
Doridoxa ingolfiana
Genera

Doridoxa Bergh, 1899

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)
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References
  1. Bergh R. 1899. Nudibranchiate Gasteropoder. Den Danske Ingolf-Expedition, 2(3): 46 pp., 5 pls.
  2. Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).
  3. 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
  4. 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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