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Doridoxidae, commonly known as doridoxid
nudibranch Nudibranchs () are a group of soft-bodied marine gastropod molluscs, belonging to the order Nudibranchia, that shed their shells after their larval stage. They are noted for their often extraordinary colours and striking forms, and they have b ...
s, are a small, enigmatic
taxonomic 280px, Generalized scheme of taxonomy Taxonomy is a practice and science concerned with classification or categorization. Typically, there are two parts to it: the development of an underlying scheme of classes (a taxonomy) and the allocation ...
family of shell-less
sea slug Sea slug is a common name for some Marine biology, marine invertebrates with varying levels of resemblance to terrestrial Slug, slugs. Most creatures known as sea slugs are gastropods, i.e. they are Sea snail, sea snails (marine gastropod moll ...
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gastropod Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusc Mollusca is a phylum of protostome, protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant taxon, extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum ...
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Cladobranchia The Cladobranchia are a taxonomic clade of nudibranchs, sea slugs, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Dexiarchia. Taxonomy clade Metarminida * Superfamily Metarminoidea This name is not available as a Superfamily name as it is not based on ...
within the clade Nudibranchia. Doridoxidae is currently the only family in the superfamily Doridoxoidea, within the clade Pseudoeuctenidiacea (= Doridoxida). Molecular evidence shows that it groups with the genera ''
Doridomorpha ''Doridomorpha'' is a genus of sea slugs, arminoid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Doridomorphidae. Taxonomy The phylogenetic position of ''Doridomorpha'' was clarified in 2020 as a result of an integrative taxonomic stud ...
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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 ...
'' and the family ''
Arminidae Arminidae is a family (biology), family of sea slugs, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Arminoidea. Taxonomy The family Arminidae is classified within the clade Cladobranchia, itself belonging to the clade Nudibranch ...
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Tritoniidae Tritoniidae is a taxonomic family of nudibranchs in the suborder Cladobranchia, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs.MolluscaBase (2018)Tritoniidae Lamarck, 1809.Accessed on 2021-01-01 This family includes some of the largest known nudibranch ...
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Genera

The family Doridoxidae is a small family with only one genus ''Doridoxa'' and two species: * ''
Doridoxa benthalis Doridoxidae, commonly known as doridoxid nudibranchs, are a small, enigmatic taxonomic family of shell-less sea slugs, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Cladobranchia within the clade Nudibranchia. Doridoxidae is currently the only fami ...
'' Barnard, 1963 * ''
Doridoxa walteri Doridoxidae, commonly known as doridoxid nudibranchs, are a small, enigmatic taxonomic family of shell-less sea slugs, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Cladobranchia within the clade Nudibranchia. Doridoxidae is currently the only fami ...
'' (Krause, 1892) Species brought into synonymy: * ''Doridoxa ingolfiana'' Bergh, 1899 - the type species of ''Doridoxa''; synonym of ''Doridoxa walteri''.


References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q5297818 Monogeneric gastropod families