Goniodorididae

Goniodorididae
	Two giraffe spot nudibranchs, Ancula sp., with their egg ribbon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Nudibranchia
Superfamily:	Onchidoridoidea
Family:	Goniodorididae ; H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
Genera
	See text.
Synonyms
	Okeniidae Iredale & O'Donoghue, 1923

Last updated September 29, 2025

Goniodorididae are a taxonomic family of sea slugs, specifically dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the order Opisthobranchia.

Subfamilies

Genera in the family Goniodorididae include:^[2]

Ancula Lovén, 1846
Goniodoris Forbes & Goodsir, 1939
Goniodoridella Pruvot-Fol, 1933
Lophodoris G. O. Sars, 1878
Murphydoris Sigurdsson, 1991
Okenia Menke, 1830 - synonyms: Idalia Leuckart, 1828; Idaliella Bergh, 1881; Idalina Norman, 1890; Cargoa Vogel & Schultz, 1970; Ceratodoris Gray, 1850;^[3]Hopkinsia MacFarland, 1905; Sakishimaia Hamatani, 2001;^[4]Teshia Edmunds, 1966^[5]
Trapania Pruvot-Fol, 1931

1 2 Paz-Sedano, Sofía; Moles, Juan; Smirnoff, Dimitri; Gosliner, Terrence M.; Pola, Marta (March 2024). "A combined phylogenetic strategy illuminates the evolution of Goniodorididae nudibranchs (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Heterobranchia)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 192 107990. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2023.107990 . hdl: 10486/710928 .
↑ Bouchet, P. (2014). Goniodorididae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=174 on 2014-12-05
↑ Bouchet, P. (2010). Ceratodoris Gray, 1850. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=550443 on 2010-12-16
↑ Gosliner T. M. (2004). "Phylogenetic Systematics of Okenia, Sakishmaia, Hopkinsiella and Hopkinsia (Nudibranchia: Goniodorididae) with descriptions of new species from the tropical Indo-Pacific". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences55(5): 125-161. PDF.
↑ Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2010). Okenia Menke, 1830. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138042 on 2010-12-16