Aeolidiidae
| Aeolidiidae | |
|---|---|
| Aeolidia papillosa | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Aeolidacea |
| Superfamily: | Aeolidioidea |
| Family: | Aeolidiidae Orbigny, 1834 |
| Genera | |
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See Genera | |
| Synonyms | |
Aeolidiidae is a family of aeolid nudibranchs.[2] Most, or perhaps all, members of this family feed on sea anemones and have a distinctive single row of comb-shaped serrated radular teeth.[3]
Genera
According to Korshunova and colleagues (2025), the following genera are recognised in the family Aeolidiidae:[4]
- Aeolidia Cuvier, 1798
- Aeolidiella Bergh, 1867
- Aeolidiopsis Pruvot-Fol, 1956
- Anteaeolidiella M. C. Miller, 2001
- Baeolidia Bergh, 1888
- Berghia Trinchese, 1877
- Bulbaeolidia Carmona, Pola, Gosliner & Cervera, 2013[5]
- Cerberilla Bergh, 1873
- Limenandra Haefelfinger and Stamm, 1958
- Spurilla Bergh, 1864
- Zeusia Korshunova et al., 2017
References
- ^ "Aeolididae". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
- ^ a b c d e Bouchet, P. (2014). Aeolidiidae Gray, 1827. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2014-10-24
- ^ 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.
- ^ Korshunova, Tatiana; Fletcher, Karin; Martynov, Alexander (2025-08-01). "The endless forms are the most differentiated—how taxonomic pseudo-optimization masked natural diversity and evolution: the nudibranch case". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 204 (4). doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf057. ISSN 0024-4082.
- ^ 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
External links
- Aeolidiidae in Malacolog
- Aeolidiidae All related articles in Sea Slug Forum