Doridina
suborder of molluscs
The Doridina, common name dorid nudibranchs, are a taxonomic suborder of sea snails or slugs, marine gastropod molluscs in the order Nudibranchia. Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) rejected the name Anthobranchia on the grounds that it also included Onchidium at the time of original publication. Doridina is equivalent and used in the latest classification.
A morphological phylogenetic study, published in 2000, by Wägele & Willan showed that the subclade Gnathodoridacea (= Bathydoridoidea) and the subclade Doridacea (= Phanerobranchia + Cryptobranchia + Porostomata) each form a monophyletic group.
In a later study, published in 2002, A. Valdés concluded that the superfamilies Doridoidea and Phyllidioidea (called by him Cryptobranchia + Porostomata) formed a clade. He expanded the usage of Cryptobranchia to encompass the whole subclade Doridacea. This move was not followed in the taxonomy of Bouchet and Rocroi.
Taxonomy
This list follows the taxonomy presented in Bouchet et al. (2017):
Infraorder Bathydoridoidei
Superfamily Bathydoridoidea
Family Bathydorididae
Infraorder Doridoidei
Superfamily Doridoidea
Family Dorididae
Family Discodorididae
Superfamily Polyceroidea
Family Polyceridae
Family Okadaiidae
Superfamily Chromodoridoidea
Family Chromodorididae
Family Actinocyclidae
Family Hexabranchidae
Family Cadlinidae
Superfamily Onchidoridoidea
Family Onchidorididae
Family Aegiridae
Family Akiodorididae
Family Calycidorididae
Family Corambidae
Family Goniodorididae
Superfamily Phyllidioidea
Family Phyllidiidae
Family Dendrodorididae
Family Mandeliidae
References
Further reading
Belick F. P. (1975) "Additional opisthobranch mollusks from Oregon". The Veliger 17(3): 276–277.
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