Chromodoridinae

Chromodoridinae
Chromodoris magnifica, the type species of Chromodoridinae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Family: Chromodorididae
Subfamily: Chromodoridinae
Bergh, 1891
Type genus
Chromodoris
Alder & Hancock, 1855
Genera

See text

Synonyms
  • Doriprismaticinae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858
  • Glossodorididae O'Donoghue, 1924
  • Lissodoridinae Odhner, 1958
  • Thorunninae Odhner, 1926

Chromodoridinae is a taxonomic subfamily of marine gastropod mollusks within the family Chromodorididae.

Taxonomic History

Chromodoridinae was originally described by Rudolph Bergh in 1891, despite his usage of the suffix -idae that traditionally denotes familial status.

In Bouchet & Rocroi 2005 and Bouchet et al., 2017 it was recorded as the official subfamily in use in favor of other nomen oblitum.

Description

The original 1891 text describes Chromodoridinids as having elongated, soft bodies with mantle margins especially broad at the anterior and posterior. The notums are generally smooth, and oral tentacles smalls and conical. Colouration is bright, "often magnificient", and often striped or spotted.

All chromodoridinids eat sponges.

Genera

Genera currently within the subfamily Chromodoridinae include:

Genera currently in synonymy include:


References

  1. 1 2 3 Bergh, L. S. R. (1891). Die cryptobranchiaten Doridinen. Zoologische Jahrbucher. Abteilung fur Systematik. 6(1): 103-144 [October]., page(s): 126, 137.
  2. 1 2 3 Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia. 61(1-2): 1-526. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4002/040.061.0201.
  3. 1 2 3 MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Chromodoridinae Bergh, 1891. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2026-10-11.
  4. ↑ Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P. (2005). Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families. Malacologia. 47(1-2):1-368.
  5. ↑ Rudman, W. B. & Bergquist, P. R. (2007) A review of feeding specificity in the sponge-feeding Chromodorididae (Nudibranchia: Mollusca). Molluscan Research, 27(2): 60-88.