Superregnum: Eukaryota
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: Cladobranchia
Superfamilia: Dendronotoidea
Familia: Tritoniidae
Genera (9): Marianina – Marionia – Marioniopsis – Paratritonia – Tochuina – Tritonia – Tritonidoxa – Tritoniella – Tritoniopsis
Name
Tritoniidae Lamarck, 1809
Synonyms
Aranucidae Odhner, 1936
Davauceliidae Iredale & O'Donoghue, 1923
Marianinidae
References
China, W.E. 1963: Opinion 668. Tritonia Cuvier, [1797] (Gastropoda): designation of a type-species under the plenary powers. Bulletin of zoological nomenclature, 20: 272–273. BHL BioStor
Links
Bouchet, P. (2012). Accessed through
Tritoniidae in the World Register of Marine Species on 2012-09-20
The Tritoniidae are a taxonomic family of dendronotid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs.[1] This family includes some of the largest known nudibranchs, with the NE Atlantic species Tritonia hombergii reaching 20 cm in length.
Distribution
These nudibranchs occur worldwide in warm and temperate seas and in the coldest waters and deep sea, wherever the octocorals which they eat are found.
Ecology
Members of the family Tritoniidae feed on octocorals, including sea pens, alcyonarian soft corals, and gorgonians, often being cryptic in shape and colouration upon them.[2] They share this trait with the Arminidae which were previously thought to be only distantly related, but have been shown to be closely related to the Tritoniidae by a recent study.[3]
Genera
The genera in the family Tritoniidae include:
Duvaucelia Risso, 1826
Marianina Pruvot-Fol, 1931
Marionia Vayssiere, 1877
Paratritonia Baba, 1949
Tochuina Odhner, 1963
Tritonia Cuvier, 1798
Tritonicula Korshunova & Martynov, 2020
Tritonidoxa Bergh, 1907
Tritoniella Eliot, 1907
Tritoniopsis Eliot, 1905
Genera brought into synonymy
Candiella Gray, 1850: synonym of Tritonia Cuvier, 1797
Euphurus Rafinesque, 1815: synonym of Tritonia Cuvier, 1797
Mariana Pruvot-Fol, 1930: synonym of Marianina Pruvot-Fol, 1931
Marioniopsis Odhner, 1934: synonym of Marionia Vayssiere, 1877
Microlophus Mabille & Rochebrune, 1889: synonym of Tritonia Cuvier, 1797
Myrella Odhner, 1963: synonym of Tritonia Cuvier, 1797
Tritoniopsilla Pruvot-Fol, 1933: synonym of Tritoniopsis Eliot, 1905 (invalid: unnecessary substitute name for Tritoniopsis Eliot, 1905, which is not a junior homonym of Tritonopsis Conrad, 1865)
References
MolluscaBase (2018). Tritoniidae Lamarck, 1809. Accessed on 2021-01-01
García-Matucheski, S. and Muniain, C. (2011). Predation by the nudibranch Tritonia odhneri (Opisthobranchia:Tritoniidae) on octocorals from the South Atlantic Ocean. Marine Biodiversity, 41(2), 287–297.
Korshunova, T.; Martynov, A. (2020). 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.
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