Glossodoris

Glossodoris
Glossodoris cincta from East Timor
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Glossodoris
Ehrenberg, 1831[1]
Type species
Doris xantholeuca Ehrenberg, 1831
Synonyms[2]
  • Casella H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
  • Chromolaichma Bertsch, 1977
  • Rosodoris Pruvot-Fol, 1954

Glossodoris is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Chromodorididae. [2]

Taxonomic history

The use of the genus name Glossodoris has been a subject of debate amongst taxonomists for over 150 years. Because it is the oldest name in the Chromodorididae it has been used differently by different taxonomists, sometimes including many species of Hypselodoris and Chromodoris and the other smaller genera recognised today. Its modern status is based on the analysis of DNA sequences.[3]

Species

Species in the genus Glossodoris include:[2]


Species brought into synonymy

References

  1. Ehrenberg (1831). Sym. Phys., Moll., sign. f. (Plates are from 1828.)
  2. 1 2 3 Caballer, M.; Gofas, S. (2012). Glossodoris Ehrenberg, 1831. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2012-06-17
  3. Johnson, R.F. & Gosliner, T.M. (2012). Traditional taxonomic groupings mask evolutionary history: A molecular phylogeny and new classification of the chromodorid nudibranchs. PLoS ONE 7(4): e33479

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