The Doridina, common name dorid nudibranchs, are a taxonomic suborder of sea snails or slugs, marine gastropod molluscs in the order Nudibranchia.[2] Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) rejected the name Anthobranchia on the grounds that it also included Onchidium at the time of original publication. Doridina [3] is equivalent and used in the latest classification.[4]
| Dorid nudibranchs | |
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| Yellow-edge cadlina, Cadlina luteomarginata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Doridina Tardy, 1970 |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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A morphological phylogenetic study, published in 2000, by Wägele & Willan showed that the subclade Gnathodoridacea (= Bathydoridoidea) and the subclade Doridacea (= Phanerobranchia + Cryptobranchia + Porostomata) each form a monophyletic group.[5]
In a later study, published in 2002, A. Valdés concluded that the superfamilies Doridoidea and Phyllidioidea (called by him Cryptobranchia + Porostomata) formed a clade. He expanded the usage of Cryptobranchia to encompass the whole subclade Doridacea.[6] This move was not followed in the taxonomy of Bouchet and Rocroi.
Taxonomy
clade Gnathodoridacea (synonym of Bathydoridoidei)
- Superfamily Bathydoridoidea
- Family Bathydorididae
clade Doridacea
- Superfamily Doridoidea
- Family Dorididae
- Family Actinocyclidae
- Family Chromodorididae
- Family Discodorididae
- Superfamily Phyllidioidea
- Family Phyllidiidae
- Family Dendrodorididae
- Family Mandeliidae
- Superfamily Onchidoridoidea (= Phanerobranchiata Suctoria)
- Family Akiodorididae
- Family Onchidorididae
- Family Corambidae
- Family Goniodorididae
- Superfamily Polyceroidea (= Phanerobranchiata Non Suctoria)
- Family Polyceridae
- Family Aegiridae - In Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) is incorrect subsequent spelling Aegiretidae.
- Family Gymnodorididae
- Family Hexabranchidae
- Family Okadaiidae
References
Further reading
- Belick F. P. (1975) "Additional opisthobranch mollusks from Oregon". The Veliger 17(3): 276-277.
- Goddard J. H. r. (1984) "The opisthobranchs of Cape Arago, Oregon, with notes on their biology and a summary of benthic opisthobranchs known from Oregon". The Veliger 27(2): 143-163.
- Lance J. R. (1967) "The holotype of the abyssal dorid nudibranch Bathydoris aoica Marcus & Marcus, 1962". The Veliger 9(4): 410.
- Marcus Ev. & Marcus Er. (1962) "A new species of the Gnathodoridacea". Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 34: 269-275.
- Valdés Á. & Bertsch H. (2000) "Redescription and range extension of Bathydoris aioca Marcus & Marcus, 1962 (Nudibranchia: Gnathodoridoidea)". The Veliger 43(2): 172-178.