Calmidae

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Calmidae
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Calmidae

Genera and species

Calma Alder & Hancock, 1855

Calmidae is a taxonomic family of sea slugs with only one genus and two species. These are specifically aeolid nudibranchs. They are marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Fionoidea. [1]

Contents

This family has no subfamilies. [2]

Taxonomic history

The genera in this family were moved to the family Fionidae as a result of a molecular phylogenetics study. [3]

Biology

Species in this family have an unusual diet for Nudibranchs. They feed on fish eggs.

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References

  1. Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).
  2. Bouchet, P. (2015). Calmidae Iredale & O'Donoghue, 1923. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-14
  3. Cella, K; Carmona Barnosi, L.; Ekimova, I; Chichvarkhin, A; Schepetov, D; Gosliner, T. M. (2016). A radical solution: The phylogeny of the nudibranch family Fionidae. PLoS ONE. 11(12): e0167800.