''Bathydorididae'' is a

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family of dorid

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, shell-less

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s.Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.); Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdes A. & Warén A. 2005. ''Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families''. Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology, 47(1-2). ConchBooks: Hackenheim, Germany. . ISSN 0076-2997. 397 pp. http://www.vliz.be/Vmdcdata/imis2/ref.php?refid=78278 Bathydorididae is the only family in the superfamily Bathydoridoidea, within the clade Gnathodoridacea.

Taxonomy

Genera in the family Bathydorididae include: * '' Bathydoris'' Bergh, 1884 - type genus. These nudibranchs live in deep water, below 1,500 m. **'' Bathydoris abyssorum'' Bergh, 1884 (type species) **'' Bathydoris aioca'' Marcus & Marcus, 1962 **'' Bathydoris clavigera'' Thiele, 1912 (synonym : ''Prodoris clavigera'') **'' Bathydoris hodgsoni'' Eliot, 1907 **'' Bathydoris ingolfiana'' Bergh, 1900 ** '' Bathydoris japonensis'' Hamatani & Kubodera, 2010 **'' Bathydoris patagonica'' Kaiser, 1980 **'' Bathydoris violacea'' Baranetz. 1993 **'' Bathydoris vitjazi'' Minichev, 1969 *'' Prodoris'' Baranetz, 1997 **'' Prodoris clavigera'' (Thiele, 1912)

References

* * * *Belick, Francis P. 1975 Additional opisthobranch mollusks from Oregon. The Veliger 17 (3): 276-277. *Goddard, Jeffrey H.r. 1984. The opisthobranchs of Cape Arago, Oregon, with notes on their biology and a summary of benthic opisthobranchs known from Oregon. The Veliger 27 (2): 143-163. *Lance, James R. 1967. The holotype of the abyssal dorid nudibranch ''Bathydoris aoica'' Marcus & Marcus, 1962. The Veliger 9 (4) 410. *Marcus, Ev. & Er. Marcus. 1962. A new species of the Gnathodoridacea. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 34: 269-275. *Valdés, Ángel, and Hans Bertsch. 2000. Redescription and range extension of ''Bathydoris aioca'' Marcus & Marcus, 1962 (Nudibranchia: Gnathodoridoidea). The Veliger 43 (2): 172-178. {{Taxonbar, from=Q3636177

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