Dotidae

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Dotidae
Doto pinnatifida.jpg
Doto cf. pinnatifida, South Africa.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia
Family:
Dotidae

Gray, 1853
Genera

See text

Synonyms

Iduliidae

Dotidae are a taxonomic family of small sea slugs, nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs formerly assigned to the order Opisthobranchia, but now considered to belong to the clade Dexiarchia. This family is unassigned to a superfamily.

Contents

This family has also been spelled in the past as "Dotonidae" and "Dotoidae". The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) decided in 1964 that neither spelling was correct and adopted Dotidae Gray, 1853 as the accepted name for this family. [1] [2]

Distribution

This family occurs worldwide in cold and warm seas. [3]

Genera

Genera within the family Dotidae include: [4]

Synonyms include:

Related Research Articles

<i>Doto</i> (gastropod) Genus of gastropods

Doto is a genus of dendronotid sea slug, a nudibranch in the Family Dotidae. This genus feeds on hydroids, as reflected by its serrated radula.

<i>Doto pita</i> Species of gastropod

Doto pita is a species of sea slug, a small nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.

<i>Doto coronata</i> Species of mollusc

Doto coronata is a species of small sea slug or nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae. It is the type species of the genus Doto.

Doto awapa is a species of sea slug, a Dendronotid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.

Doto curere is a species of sea slug, a Dendronotid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.

<i>Doto escatllari</i> Species of gastropod

Doto escatllari is a species of sea slug, a dendronotid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.

<i>Doto varaderoensis</i> Species of gastropod

Doto varaderoensis is a species of sea slug, a Dendronotid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.

<i>Doto millbayana</i> Species of gastropod

Doto millbayana is a species of sea slug, a Dendronotid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.

<i>Doto dunnei</i> Species of gastropod

Doto dunnei is a species of sea slug, a Dendronotid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.

Doto eireana is a species of sea slug, a Dendronotid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.

<i>Doto tuberculata</i> Species of gastropod

Doto tuberculata is a species of sea slug, a dendronotid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.

<i>Doto maculata</i> Species of gastropod

Doto maculata is a species of sea slug, a Dendronotid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.

<i>Doto lemchei</i> Species of gastropod

Doto lemchei is a species of sea slug, a Dendronotid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.

<i>Doto sarsiae</i> Species of gastropod

Doto sarsiae is a species of sea slug, a dendronotid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.

Doto hydrallmaniae is a species of sea slug, a Dendronotid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.

Doto alidrisi is a species of sea slug, a Dendronotid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.

Doto furva is a species of sea slug, a Dendronotid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.

Doto cristal is a species of sea slug, a Dendronotid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.

Henning Mourier Lemche was a Danish zoologist.

<i>Doto africoronata</i> Species of mollusc

Doto africoronata is a species of small sea slug or nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusc in the family Dotidae.

References

  1. ↑ International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (1964) "Doto Oken, 1815 (Gastropoda): validated under the plenary powers". Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 21(2): 97–100.
  2. ↑ Rudman B. (9 March 2004) Dotidae or Dotoidae? Archived 5 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine . accessed 7 November 2009.
  3. ↑ Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN   0-00-216906-1
  4. ↑ Bouchet, P. (2015). Dotidae. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-06-24
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