Doridoxa

Doridoxa
Preserved specimens of Doridoxa walteri in dorsal (K), ventral (L), and lateroventral (M) view (K-L: length 17 mm; M: length 14 mm)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Arminacea
Superfamily: Doridoxoidea
Family: Doridoxidae
Bergh, 1899
Genus: Doridoxa
Bergh, 1899
Type species
Doridoxa ingolfiana
Bergh, 1899
Species
Synonyms

Synonyms of D. walteri

  • D. ingolfiana Barnard, 1963

Doridoxa is a genus of nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs or sea slugs. It is the only member of the family Doridoxidae in the superfamily Doridoxoidea.

A 2020 molecular study recovered Doridoxa grouping with the genera Doridomorpha and Heterodoris, with this group closely related to the family Arminidae.

References

  1. ↑ Bergh R (1899). "Nudibranchiate Gasteropoder". Den Danske Ingolf-Expedition. 2 (3): 46.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Korshunova, Tatiana; Martynov, Alexander (2020-11-20). "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. Bibcode:2020PLoSO..1542103K. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0242103. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 7679014. PMID 33216784.
  3. 1 2 Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Doridoxa Bergh, 1899". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2026-05-29.
  4. ↑ Barnard KH (1963). "Deep sea Mollusca from west of Cape Point, South Africa". Annals of the South African Museum. 46 (17): 407–452.
  5. ↑ 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.