Biology:Doridomorpha

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Short description: Genus of gastropods

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Scientific classification
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clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia
clade Dendronotida
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Doridomorpha

Doridomorpha is a genus of sea slugs, arminoid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Doridomorphidae.[1]

Taxonomy

The phylogenetic position of Doridomorpha was clarified in 2020 as a result of an integrative taxonomic study of the family Tritoniidae.[2] An interesting finding was that Doridomorpha, Doridoxa and Heterodoris cluster with the family Arminidae, in a molecular tree within the Dendronotoidea.[2]

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.[3]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q18607288 entry