''Doridomorpha'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of sea slugs, arminoid
nudibranch
Nudibranchs () are a group of soft-bodied marine gastropod molluscs which shed their shells after their larval stage. They are noted for their often extraordinary colours and striking forms, and they have been given colourful nicknames to mat ...
s,
marine gastropod mollusk
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is es ...
s in the family
Doridomorphidae.
Taxonomy
The phylogenetic position of ''Doridomorpha'' was clarified in 2020 as a result of an integrative taxonomic study of the family Tritoniidae.
[Korshunova, T.; Martynov, A. (2020)]
Consolidated data on the phylogeny and evolution of the family Tritoniidae (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia) contribute to genera reassessment and clarify the taxonomic status of the neuroscience models ''Tritonia'' and ''Tochuina''.
PLOS ONE. 15(11): e0242103. An interesting finding was that ''Doridomorpha'', ''
Doridoxa'' and ''
Heterodoris
''Heterodoris'' is a genus of gastropods belonging to the family Heterodorididae.
The species of this genus are found in Europe, Northern America and Australia.
Species:
*'' Heterodoris antipodes''
*''Heterodoris robusta
''Heterodoris'' is a ...
'' cluster with the family
Arminidae, in a molecular tree within the
Dendronotoidea.
Species
There is only one species within the genus ''Doridomorpha'':
''Doridomorpha gardineri'' is a small, thin nudibranch which is occasionally found on the coral ''
Heliopora
''Heliopora'' is a genus of cnidarian in the monotypic family Helioporidae. It is a reef building hard coral but belongs to the subclass Octocorallia and is therefore most closely related to soft corals, sea pens, fan corals and sea whips and no ...
''.
[Johnson, S. , 2018]
''Doridomorpha gardineri''
Underwater Kwajalein.
References
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Doridomorphidae