Doridoxidae

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title: "Doridoxidae" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["gastropod-families", "nudibranchia", "monogeneric-gastropod-families"] description: "Family of gastropods" topic_path: "general/gastropod-families" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doridoxidae" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Family of gastropods ::

| display_parents = 2 | parent_authority = Bergh, 1899 | taxon = Doridoxidae | authority = Bergh, 1899 | type_species = Doridoxa ingolfiana | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision = Doridoxa Bergh, 1899

Doridoxidae, commonly known as doridoxid nudibranchs, are a small, enigmatic taxonomic family of shell-less sea slugs, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Cladobranchia within the clade Nudibranchia.

Doridoxidae is currently the only family in the superfamily Doridoxoidea, within the clade Pseudoeuctenidiacea (= Doridoxida). Molecular evidence shows that it groups with the genera Doridomorpha and Heterodoris and the family Arminidae and close to Tritoniidae.

Genera

The family Doridoxidae is a small family with only one genus Doridoxa and two species:

• Doridoxa benthalis Barnard, 1963
• Doridoxa walteri (Krause, 1892)

Species brought into synonymy:

• Doridoxa ingolfiana Bergh, 1899 - the type species of Doridoxa; synonym of Doridoxa walteri.

References

References

1. (1899). "Nudibranchiate Gasteropoder". Den Danske Ingolf-Expedition.
2. (2018). "Doridoxidae Bergh, 1899". MolluscaBase.
3. (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.
4. (2018). "''Doridoxa'' Bergh 1899". MolluscaBase.
5. (1963). "Deep sea Mollusca from west of Cape Point, South Africa.". Annals of the South African Museum.

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