Doridoxoidea
| Doridoxoidea | |
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| Preserved specimens of Doridoxa walteri in dorsal (K), ventral (L), and lateroventral (M) view | |
| Live specimens of Heterodoris robusta in dorsal (P), ventral (Q) and lateral (R) views | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Arminacea |
| Superfamily: | Doridoxoidea Bergh, 1899 |
| Families | |
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Doridoxoidea is a superfamily of nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs or sea slugs, in the suborder Arminacea.[1][2]
Classification
The following families are recognised in the superfamily Doridoxoidea:[1][3]
- Family Doridomorphidae Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1960
- Family Doridoxidae Bergh, 1899
- Family Heterodorididae Verrill & Emerton, 1882
A 2020 molecular analysis by Korshunova and Martynov recovered the following phylogenetic tree, where Doridomorpha, Doridoxa, and Heterodoris form a clade sister to the family Arminidae:[3]
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References
- ^ a b 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) zlaf057. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf057. ISSN 0024-4082.
- ^ Karmeinski, Dario; Meusemann, Karen; Goodheart, Jessica A.; Schroedl, Michael; Martynov, Alexander; Korshunova, Tatiana; Wägele, Heike; Donath, Alexander (2021-12-28). "Transcriptomics provides a robust framework for the relationships of the major clades of cladobranch sea slugs (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Heterobranchia), but fails to resolve the position of the enigmatic genus Embletonia". BMC Ecology and Evolution. 21 (1): 226. doi:10.1186/s12862-021-01944-0. ISSN 2730-7182. PMC 8895541. PMID 34963462.
- ^ a b Korshunova, Tatiana; Martynov, Alexander (2020-11-20). "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. Bibcode:2020PLoSO..1542103K. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0242103. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 7679014. PMID 33216784.
Further reading
- Dean, Lewis J.; Prinsep, Michèle R. (2017). "The chemistry and chemical ecology of nudibranchs". Natural Product Reports. 34 (12): 1359–1390. doi:10.1039/C7NP00041C. ISSN 0265-0568. PMID 29135002.
- Goodheart, Jessica A.; Bazinet, Adam L.; Valdés, Ángel; Collins, Allen G.; Cummings, Michael P. (2017-10-26). "Prey preference follows phylogeny: evolutionary dietary patterns within the marine gastropod group Cladobranchia (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia: Nudibranchia)". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 17 (1): 221. Bibcode:2017BMCEE..17..221G. doi:10.1186/s12862-017-1066-0. ISSN 1471-2148. PMC 5659023. PMID 29073890.