Aeolidiidae

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Family of molluscs

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::summary Family of molluscs ::

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  • Aeolididae
  • Eolidininae (Invalid: Placed on the Official Index by ICZN Opinion 780)
  • Pleurolidiidae
  • Protaeolidiellidae
  • Spurillidae

Aeolidiidae, a family of aeolid nudibranchs, are a family of sea slugs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs.

Most, or perhaps all, members of this family feed on sea anemones and have a distinctive single row of comb-shaped serrated radular teeth.

Genera

Genera within the Aeolidiidae include:

  • Aeolidia Cuvier, 1798
  • Aeolidiella Bergh, 1867
  • Anteaeolidiella M. C. Miller, 2001
  • Baeolidia Bergh, 1888
  • Berghia Trinchese, 1877
  • Bulbaeolidia Carmona, Pola, Gosliner & Cervera, 2013
  • Burnaia M. C. Miller, 2001
  • Cerberilla Bergh, 1873: unrevised taxonomic status
  • Limenandra Haefelfinger & Stamm, 1958
  • Spurilla Bergh, 1864 Genera brought into synonymy:
  • Aeolidina Pruvot-Fol, 1951: synonym of Aeolidiella Bergh, 1867
  • Aeolidiopsis Pruvot-Fol, 1956: synonym of Baeolidia Bergh, 1888
  • Aeolis Menke, 1844: synonym of Aeolidia Cuvier, 1798
  • Eolida synonym of Aeolidia Cuvier, 1798
  • Eolidia Cuvier, 1816: synonym of Aeolidia Cuvier, 1798
  • Eolidina Quatrefages, 1843: synonym of Aeolidiella Bergh, 1867
  • Eolis Cuvier, 1805: synonym of Aeolidia Cuvier, 1798
  • Fenrisia Bergh, 1888: synonym of Cerberilla Bergh, 1873
  • Millereolidia Ortea, Caballer & Espinosa, 2004: synonym of Berghia Trinchese, 1877
  • Milleria Ortea, Caballer & Espinosa, 2003: synonym of Millereolidia Ortea, Caballer & Espinosa, 2004: synonym of Berghia Trinchese, 1877
  • Protaeolidia Baba, 1955: synonym of Protaeolidiella Baba, 1955, family Pleurolidiidae

References

  • Gosliner, T.M. 1987. Nudibranchs of Southern Africa

References

  1. "Aeolididae".
  2. Bouchet, P. (2014). [http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=192 ''Aeolidiidae'' Gray, 1827.] Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2014-10-24
  3. (2008). "The family Aeolidiidae Gray, 1827 (Gastropoda Opisthobranchia) from Brazil, with a description of a new species belonging to the genus ''Berghia'' Trinchese, 1877". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.
  4. Carmona L., Pola M., Gosliner T.M. & Cervera J.L. 2013. [http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0063000 ''A tale that morphology fails to tell: A molecular phylogeny of Aeolidiidae'' (Aeolidida, Nudibranchia, Gastropoda).] PLoS ONE 8(5): e63000. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0063000

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