| Tochuina | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Arminoidea |
| Family: | Doridomorphidae |
| Genus: | 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 study of the family Tritoniidae. An interesting finding was that Doridomorpha, Doridoxa and Heterodoris cluster with the family Arminidae, in a molecular tree within the Dendronotoidea.
Species
There is only one species within the genus Doridomorpha:
- Doridomorpha gardineri Eliot, 1903
Doridomorpha gardineri is a small, thin nudibranch which is occasionally found on the coral Heliopora.
References
- MolluscaBase (2018). Doridomorpha Eliot, 1903. Accessed on 2021-01-06.
- ^ 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.
- Johnson, S. , 2018. Doridomorpha gardineri Underwater Kwajalein.
| Taxon identifiers | |
|---|---|
| Doridomorpha | |