Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Heterobranchia
Infraclassis: Euthyneura
Cohors: Ringipleura
SuperOrdo: Nudipleura
Ordo: Nudibranchia
SubOrdo: Doridina
InfraOrdo: Doridoidei
Superfamilia: Doridoidea
Familia: Discodorididae
Genera (27): Alloiodoris – Aporodoris – Asteronotus – Atagema – Baptodoris – Carminodoris – Diaulula – Dictyodoris – Discodoris – Gargamella – Geitodoris – Halgerda – Hiatodoris – Jorunna – Nirva – Nophodoris – Paradoris – Peltodoris – Peronodoris – Platydoris – Rostanga – Sclerodoris – Sebadoris – Taringa – Tayuva – Thordisa – Thorybopus
Name
Discodorididae Bergh, 1891
Type Genus: Discodoris Bergh, 1877
References
Primary references
Bergh, R. 1891. Die cryptobranchiaten Doridien. Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abtheilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Thiere 6: 129.
Alvim, J.; Pimenta, A.D. 2013: Taxonomic review of the family Discodorididae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Nudibranchia) from Brazil, with descriptions of two new species. Zootaxa 3745(2): 152–198. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3745.2.2 Reference page.
Dayrat, B. 2005: Advantages of naming species under the PhyloCode: an example of how a new species of Discodorididae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Euthyneura, Nudibranchia, Doridina) may be named. Marine biology research, 1(3): 216–232. DOI: 10.1080/17451000510019141
Dayrat, B. 2010: A monographic revision of basal discodorid sea slugs (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Nudibranchia: Doridina). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (4), 61(supplement 1): 1–403. PDF Reference page.
Dayrat, B.; Gosliner, T.M. 2005: Species names and metaphyly: a case study in Discodorididae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Euthyneura, Nudibranchia, Doridina). Zoologica scripta, 34(2): 199–224. DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2005.00178.x
Links
Discodorididae in the World Register of Marine Species
Discodorididae is a taxonomic family of sea slugs, specifically dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Doridoidea.[2]
Species in this family belong to the cryptobranch dorid nudibranchs, i.e. they are able to retract their gills into a gill pocket (cryptobranch = hidden gills). Most are small and hard to identify. Most are thought to feed at night on sponges, while during the day they search for dark areas or remain hidden under rocks.
One example of a discodoridid is the "Pacific sea lemon" or "speckled sea lemon", Peltodoris nobilis, which occurs off the coast of British Columbia to Baja California from low-tide waters to a depth of about 200 m. Not only is this species yellow with a bumpy surface, but it also gives off a strong fruity citrus smell when handled, adding to its resemblance to a lemon.
Genera
Genera within the family Discodorididae include:[3][4]
Alloiodoris Bergh, 1904
Aporodoris Ihering, 1886
Asteronotus Ehrenberg, 1831
Atagema Gray, 1850
Baptodoris Bergh, 1884
Carminodoris Bergh, 1889
Diaulula Bergh, 1878
Dictyodoris Bergh, 1880
Discodoris Bergh, 1877 - the type genus
Gargamella Bergh, 1894
Geitodoris Bergh, 1892
Gravieria Vayssiere, 1912
Halgerda Bergh, 1880
Hiatodoris Dayrat, 2010
Hoplodoris Bergh, 1880 - synonym: Carminodoris Bergh, 1889[5]
Jorunna Bergh, 1876 [6]
Nirva Bergh, 1905
Nophodoris Valdés & Gosliner, 2001
Paradoris Ortea, 1995 [6]
Peltodoris Bergh, 1880
Platydoris Bergh, 1877 [6]
Rostanga Bergh, 1879 [6]
Sclerodoris Eliot, 1904
Sebadoris Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1960
Taringa Er. Marcus, 1955
Tayuva Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1967
Thordisa Bergh, 1877 [6]
Thorybopus Bouchet, 1977
Genera brought into synonymy
Adura [sic]: synonym of Audura Bergh, 1878: synonym of Jorunna Bergh, 1876
Anisodoris Bergh, 1898: synonym of Diaulula Bergh, 1878
Ansiodoris [sic]: synonym of Anisodoris Bergh, 1898: synonym of Diaulula Bergh, 1878
Argus Bohadsch, 1761: synonym of Platydoris Bergh, 1877
Audura Bergh, 1878 : synonym of Jorunna Bergh, 1876
Awuka Er. Marcus, 1955 : synonym of Jorunna Bergh, 1876
Boreodoris Odhner, 1939 : synonym of Rostanga Bergh, 1879
Carryodoris Vayssière, 1919: synonym of Geitodoris Bergh, 1891
Centrodoris P. Fischer, 1883 : synonym of Kentrodoris Bergh, 1874
Discodorididae aliciae Dayrat, 2005: synonym of “Montereina” aliciae (Dayrat, 2005)
Erythrodoris Pruvot-Fol, 1933: synonym of Discodoris Bergh, 1877
Fracassa Bergh, 1878: synonym of Discodoris Bergh, 1877
Glossodoridiformia O'Donoghue, 1927: synonym of Atagema Gray, 1850
Kentrodoris Bergh, 1874 : synonym of Jorunna Bergh, 1876
Montereina MacFarland, 1905: synonym of Peltodoris Bergh, 1880
Otinodoris White, 1948 : synonym of Asteronotus Ehrenberg, 1831
Peronodoris Bergh, 1904: synonym of Sclerodoris Eliot, 1904
Petelodoris Bergh, 1882: synonym of Atagema Gray, 1850
Phialodoris Bergh, 1890 : synonym of Peltodoris Bergh, 1880
Phlegmodoris Bergh, 1878: synonym of Atagema Gray, 1850
Pupsikus Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1970: synonym of Thordisa Bergh, 1877
Trippa (gastropod)|Trippa Bergh, 1877 : synonym of Atagema Gray, 1850
Tumbia Burn, 1962: synonym of Sclerodoris Eliot, 1904
See also
Dorididae, also known as Sea lemon.
References
Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).
Bouchet, P. (2011). Discodorididae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1761 on 2011-08-23
"Indo-Pacific Molluscan Species Database at the Academy of Natural Sciences".
"Indo-Pacific Molluscan Species Database at the Academy of Natural Sciences".
Fahey S. J. & Gosliner T. M. (2003). "Mistaken Identities: On the Discodorididae genera Hoplodoris Bergh, 1880 and Carminodoris Bergh, 1889 (Opistobranchia, Nudibranchia)". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 54: 169-208. PDF.
"CLEMAM: Discodoridae". Archived from the original on 2006-02-08. Retrieved 2010-03-04.
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