Doridomorpha

Doridomorpha is a genus of sea slugs, arminoid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Doridomorphidae.[1]

Tochuina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia

clade Dendronotida
Superfamily:
Arminoidea
Family:
Doridomorphidae
Genus:
Doridomorpha

Taxonomy

The phylogenetic position of Doridomorpha was clarified in 2020 as a result of an integrative taxonomic study of the family Tritoniidae.[2] An interesting finding was that Doridomorpha, Doridoxa and Heterodoris cluster with the family Arminidae, in a molecular tree within the Dendronotoidea.[2]

Species

There is only one species within the genus Doridomorpha:

Doridomorpha gardineri is a small, thin nudibranch which is occasionally found on the coral Heliopora.[3]

References
  1. MolluscaBase (2018). Doridomorpha Eliot, 1903. Accessed on 2021-01-06.
  2. Korshunova, T.; Martynov, A. (2020). 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.
  3. Johnson, S. , 2018. Doridomorpha gardineri Underwater Kwajalein.
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