Hancockiidae
| Hancockiidae | |
|---|---|
| Hancockia californica | |
| Hancockia californica | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Dendronotacea |
| Superfamily: | Dendronotoidea |
| Family: | Hancockiidae MacFarland, 1923 |
Hancockiidae is a family of nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs or sea slugs, in the superfamily Dendronotoidea.[1]
Taxonomy
Hancockiidae has been recovered as sister to the assemblage of the families Bornellidae and Dotidae.[2]
Genera
The family Hancockiidae includes only one valid genus:[1]
- Hancockia Gosse, 1877
References
- ^ a b Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Hancockiidae MacFarland, 1923". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2026-03-01.
- ^ 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. doi:10.1186/s12862-017-1066-0. ISSN 1471-2148. PMC 5659023. PMID 29073890.