Doridomorpha is a genus of nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs or sea slugs. It is the only member of the family Doridomorphidae in the superfamily Doridoxoidea.[3][1] It is a monotypic genus, represented by the single species Doridomorpha gardineri.[2] It can occasionally be found on the coral Heliopora.[4]
| Doridomorpha | |
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| Doridomorpha gardineri in dorsal (left) and ventral view (right) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Arminacea |
| Superfamily: | Doridoxoidea |
| Family: | Doridomorphidae Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1960[1] |
| Genus: | Doridomorpha Eliot, 1903[2] |
| Species: | D. gardineri |
| Binomial name | |
| Doridomorpha gardineri Eliot, 1903 | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Taxonomy
editThe phylogenetic position of Doridomorpha was clarified in 2020 as a result of an integrative taxonomic study of the family Tritoniidae and its close relatives, which recovered a clustering of Doridomorpha, Doridoxa, and Heterodoris, with this group closely related to the family Arminidae.[3]
References
edit- 1 2 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.
- 1 2 3 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.). "Doridomorpha Eliot, 1903". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2026-05-29.
- 1 2 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.
- ↑ Johnson, S. , 2018. Doridomorpha gardineri Underwater Kwajalein.
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