Biology:Dotidae
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Dotidae is a family of nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs or sea slugs, in the superfamily Dendronotoidea.[1]
Nomenclature
This family has also been spelled in the past as "Dotonidae" and "Dotoidae". The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) decided in 1964 that neither spelling was correct and adopted Dotidae Gray, 1853 as the accepted name for this family.[2][3]
Description
(Original description) Tentacles sheathed at the base and retractile; gills fusiform in shape, positioned along the sides of the back. [4]
Genera
The following genera are recognised in the family Dendronotidae:[1][5]
- Synonyms
- Bornellopsis O'Donoghue, 1929: synonym of Doto Oken, 1815
- Dotilla Bergh, 1879:synonym of Doto Oken, 1815 (invalid: junior homonym of Dotilla Stimpson, 1858; Iduliella is a replacement name)
- Dotona Iredale, 1918: ssynonym of Doto Oken, 1815 (invalid: junior homonym of Dotona Carter, 1880)
- Subfamily Embletoniinae Pruvot-Fol, 1954: synonym of Embletoniidae Pruvot-Fol, 1954 (superseded rank)
- Gellina J. E. Gray, 1850:synonym of Doto Oken, 1815 (junior subjective synonym)
- Idalia Leach, 1847: synonym of Doto Oken, 1815(junior subjective synonym)
- Idulia Leach, 1852: synonym of Doto Oken, 1815 (misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling, error for Idalia Leach, 1847)
- Iduliella Thiele, 1931: synonym of Doto Oken, 1815 (junior subjective synonym)
- Timorella Bergh, 1905: synonym of Doto Oken, 1815
Distribution
This family occurs worldwide in cold and warm seas.[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Dotidae J. E. Gray, 1853". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=187.
- ↑ International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (1964) "Doto Oken, 1815 (Gastropoda): validated under the plenary powers". Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 21(2): 97–100.
- ↑ Rudman B. (9 March 2004) Dotidae or Dotoidae? . accessed 7 November 2009.
- ↑ Gray, J.E. (1853). "Revision of the families of nudibranch mollusks, with a description of a new genus of Phyllidiadae.". Annals and Magazine of Natural History 2 (11): 220. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13785956. Retrieved 9 March 2026.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain:
- ↑ Vázquez-Alcaide, Diego; Salvador, Xavier; Giribet, Gonzalo; Hooker, Yuri; Schrödl, Michael; Moles, Juan (2025-12-18). "Systematic revision of the speciose sea slug genus Doto (Heterobranchia: Nudibranchia) − from the Mediterranean to South America" (in en). Marine Biodiversity 56 (1): 7. doi:10.1007/s12526-025-01600-6. ISSN 1867-1624. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-025-01600-6.
- ↑ Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q3141602 entry
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