Goniodorididae are a

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Genera

Genera in the family Goniodorididae include: * '' Ancula'' Lovén, 1846 * ''

Goniodoris ''Goniodoris'' is a genus of sea slugs, specifically dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marri ...

'' Forbes & Goodsir, 1939 * '' Goniodoridella ''Pruvot-Fol, 1933 * '' Lophodoris'' G. O. Sars, 1878 * '' Murphydoris'' Sigurdsson, 1991 * '' Okenia'' Menke, 1830 - synonyms: ''Idalia'' Leuckart, 1828; ''Idaliella'' Bergh, 1881; ''Idalina'' Norman, 1890; ''Cargoa'' Vogel & Schultz, 1970; ''Ceratodoris'' Gray, 1850; ''Hopkinsia'' MacFarland, 1905; ''Sakishimaia'' Hamatani, 2001;Gosliner T. M. (2004). "Phylogenetic Systematics of ''Okenia'', ''Sakishmaia'', ''Hopkinsiella'' and ''Hopkinsia'' (Nudibranchia: Goniodorididae) with descriptions of new species from the tropical Indo-Pacific". ''Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences'' 55(5): 125-161
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''Teshia'' Edmunds, 1966Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2010). ''Okenia'' Menke, 1830. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138042 on 2010-12-16 * '' Trapania'' Pruvot-Fol, 1931

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