Bathydorididae is a

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family of dorid

nudibranch Nudibranchs () are a group of soft-bodied marine gastropod molluscs, belonging to the order Nudibranchia, that shed their shells after their larval stage. They are noted for their often extraordinary colours and striking forms, and they have b ...

, shell-less marine

gastropod Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...

mollusk Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...

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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