Apataidae

Apataidae
Apata pricei
Tularia bractea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Aeolidacea
Superfamily: Apataoidea
Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017
Family: Apataidae
Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017
Type genus
Apata
Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017
Genera

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Apataidae is a family of nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs or sea slugs. It is the only family within the superfamily Apataoidea.

Genera

According to Korshunova and colleagues (2025), the following genera and species are recognised in the family Apataidae:

References

  1. ↑ Korshunova, T.; Martynov, A.; Bakken, T.; Evertsen, J.; Fletcher, K.; Mudianta, W.; Saito, H.; Lundin, K.; Schrödl, M.; Picton, B. (2017). Polyphyly of the traditional family Flabellinidae affects a major group of Nudibranchia: aeolidacean taxonomic reassessment with descriptions of several new families, genera, and species (Mollusca, Gastropoda). ZooKeys. 717: 1-139.
  2. ↑ Korshunova, Tatiana; Fletcher, Karin; Martynov, Alexander (2025-08-01). "The endless forms are the most differentiated—how taxonomic pseudo-optimization masked natural diversity and evolution: the nudibranch case". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 204 (4). doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf057. ISSN 0024-4082.
  3. ↑ Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2015). Pleurolidiidae. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-12-14
  4. ↑ Picton, B. (2017). Apataidae Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed on 2018-01-12