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: Dorididae
Genera (9): Aldisa – Aphelodoris – Artachaea – Conualevia – Doriopsis – Doris – Goslineria – Homoiodoris – Pharodoris
Name
Dorididae Rafinesque, 1815
Type Genus: Doris Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
Aldisidae Odhner, 1939
Archidorididae Bergh, 1891
Conualeviidae Collier & Farmer, 1964
Neodorididae Odhner, 1968
Doridigitatidae
Doriopsidae
References
Valdés, Á. 2002. A phylogenetic analysis and systematic revision of the cryptobranch dorids (Mollusca, Nudibranchia, Anthobranchia). Zoological journal of the Linnean Society 136(4): 535–636. DOI: 10.1046/j.1096-3642.2002.00039.x Open access. Reference page.
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Dorididae in the World Register of Marine Species
Sea lemon is a loosely applied common name for a group of medium-sized to large shell-less colorful sea slugs or nudibranchs, specifically dorid nudibranchs in the taxonomic family Dorididae and other closely related families. These are marine gastropod mollusks.
The Monterey sea lemon is Doris montereyensis and the mottled pale sea lemon is Diaulula lentiginosa.
The common name sea lemon probably comes from these animal's visual similarity to a lemon based on such qualities as the roughened skin, the oval form when seen from above, and the common but not inevitable orange to pale yellow coloration.
Description
These dorid nudibranchs can be large (up to 20 cm), rather flattened, and oval in shape when seen from above. They have two hornlike projections (rhinophores) on the head, and a rosette-like tuft of gills on the back of the animal. The mantle is sometimes sprinkled with black dots, and it is covered in small bumps, which are called tubercles.
Life habits
Sea lemons feed on sponges. They lay ribbons of white or yellow eggs. Taxonomically the Dorididae is a family of several genera, the dorids named after the mythological ancient Greek sea nymph Doris. (See Ovidius, Metamorphoses 2.6)
Genera
Genera within the family Dorididae include:[1]
Aphelodoris (Bergh, 1879)
Artachaea Bergh, 1881
Conualevia Collier & Farmer, 1964
Doriopsis Bergh, 1889
Doris Linnaeus, 1758
Goslineria Valdés, 2001
Homoiodoris Bergh, 1881: nomen dubium
Pharodoris Valdés, 2001
Genera brought into synonymy
Anisodoris Bergh, 1898 : synonym of Diaulula (Discodorididae)
Anoplodoris P. Fischer, 1883 : synonym of Doris Linnaeus, 1758
Aporodoris Ihering, 1886 [synonym of Taringa in family Discodorididae]
Archidoris Bergh, 1878 : synonym of Doris Linnaeus, 1758
Austrodoris Odhner, 1926 : synonym of Doris Linnaeus, 1758
Ctenodoris Eliot, 1907 : synonym of Doris Linnaeus, 1758
Doridigitata d'Orbigny, 1839: synonym of Doris Linnaeus, 1758
Doriopsis Bergh, 1889: synonym of Doris Linnaeus, 1758
Doriorbis Kay & Young, 1969 :synonym of Doris Linnaeus, 1758
Etidoris Ihering, 1886 a: synonym of Thordisa Bergh, 1877
Guyonia Risbec, 1928 :synonym of Doris Linnaeus, 1758
Neodoris Baba, 1938 : synonym of Doris Linnaeus, 1758
Praegliscita Burn, 1957 : synonym of Doris Linnaeus, 1758
Rhabdochila P. Fischer, 1883: synonym of Rostanga Bergh, 1879
Siraius Marcus, 1955 : synonym of Doris Linnaeus, 1758
Staurodoris Bergh, 1878: synonym of Doris Linnaeus, 1758
References
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Bouchet, P. (2010). Dorididae Rafinesque, 1815. In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-12-04.
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