Bathydorididae
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Bathydorididae is a taxonomic family of dorid nudibranch
, shell-less marine
gastropod mollusks.
Bathydorididae is the only family in the superfamily Bathydoridoidea, within the clade Gnathodoridacea.
Nudibranch
A nudibranch is a member of what is now a taxonomic clade, and what was previously a suborder, of soft-bodied, marine gastropod mollusks which shed their shell after their larval stage. They are noted for their often extraordinary colors and striking forms...
, shell-less marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
gastropod mollusks.
Bathydorididae is the only family in the superfamily Bathydoridoidea, within the clade Gnathodoridacea.
Taxonomy
Genera in the family Bathydorididae include:- Bathydoris Bergh, 1884 - type genus. These nudibranches live in deep water, below 1,500 m.
- Bathydoris abyssorum Bergh, 1884 (type species)
- Bathydoris aioca Marcus & Marcus, 1962
- Bathydoris clavigera Thiele, 1912 (synonym : Prodoris clavigera)
- Bathydoris hodgsoni Eliot, 1907
- Bathydoris ingolfiana Bergh, 1900
- Bathydoris japonensis Hamatani & Kubodera, 2010
- Bathydoris patagonica Kaiser, 1980
- Bathydoris violacea Baranetz. 1993
- Bathydoris vitjazi Minichev, 1969
- Prodoris Baranetz, 1997
- Prodoris clavigera (Thiele, 1912)
Further reading
- Belick, Francis P. 1975 Additional opisthobranch mollusks from Oregon. The Veliger 17 (3): 276-277.
- Goddard, Jeffrey H.r. 1984. The opisthobranchs of Cape Arago, Oregon, with notes on their biology and a summary of benthic opisthobranchs known from Oregon. The Veliger 27 (2): 143-163.
- Lance, James R. 1967. The holotype of the abyssal dorid nudibranch Bathydoris aoica Marcus & Marcus, 1962. The Veliger 9 (4) 410.
- Marcus, Ev. & Er. Marcus. 1962. A new species of the Gnathodoridacea. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias 34: 269-275.
- Valdés, Ángel, and Hans Bertsch. 2000. Redescription and range extension of Bathydoris aioca Marcus & Marcus, 1962 (Nudibranchia: Gnathodoridoidea). The Veliger 43 (2): 172-178.