Discodorididae

Discodorididae is a taxonomic family of sea slugs, specifically dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Doridoidea.^[2]

Discodorididae
Rostanga elandsia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Nudibranchia
Superfamily:	Doridoidea
Family:	Discodorididae Bergh, 1891
Type genus
Discodoris
Genera
See text
Synonyms[1]
Diaululinae Bergh, 1891 Geitodorididae Odhner, 1968 Gruveliinae Thiele, 1931 Halgerdinae Odhner, 1926 Kentrodoridinae Bergh, 1891 Platydoridinae Bergh, 1891 Rostangidae Pruvot-Fol, 1951

Species in this family belong to the cryptobranch dorid nudibranchs, i.e. they are able to retract their gills into a gill pocket (cryptobranch = hidden gills). Most are small and hard to identify. Most are thought to feed at night on sponges, while during the day they search for dark areas or remain hidden under rocks.

One example of a discodoridid is the "Pacific sea lemon" or "speckled sea lemon", Peltodoris nobilis, which occurs off the coast of British Columbia to Baja California from low-tide waters to a depth of about 200 m. Not only is this species yellow with a bumpy surface, but it also gives off a strong fruity citrus smell when handled, adding to its resemblance to a lemon.

Genera

Genera within the family Discodorididae include:^[3][4]

• Alloiodoris Bergh, 1904
• Aporodoris Ihering, 1886
• Asteronotus Ehrenberg, 1831
• Atagema Gray, 1850
• Baptodoris Bergh, 1884
• Carminodoris Bergh, 1889
• Diaulula Bergh, 1878
• Dictyodoris Bergh, 1880
• Discodoris Bergh, 1877 - the type genus
• Gargamella Bergh, 1894
• Geitodoris Bergh, 1892
• Gravieria Vayssiere, 1912
• Halgerda Bergh, 1880
• Hiatodoris Dayrat, 2010
• Hoplodoris Bergh, 1880 - synonym: Carminodoris Bergh, 1889^[5]
• Jorunna Bergh, 1876 ^[6]
• Nirva Bergh, 1905
• Nophodoris Valdés & Gosliner, 2001
• Paradoris Ortea, 1995 ^[6]
• Peltodoris Bergh, 1880
• Platydoris Bergh, 1877 ^[6]
• Rostanga Bergh, 1879 ^[6]
• Sclerodoris Eliot, 1904
• Sebadoris Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1960
• Taringa Er. Marcus, 1955
• Tayuva Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1967
• Thordisa Bergh, 1877 ^[6]
• Thorybopus Bouchet, 1977

• 
  Asteronotus cespitosus
• 
  Diaulula sandiegensis
• 
  Discodoris boholiensis
• 
  Discodoris coerulescens
• 
  Geitodoris heathi
• 
  Halgerda batangas
• 
  Hoplodoris estrelyado
• 
  Jorunna rubescens
• 
  Peltodoris atromaculata
• 
  Peltodoris mullineri
• 
  Peltodoris nobilis
• 
  Platydoris cruenta
• 
  Rostanga pulchra
• 
  Rostanga elandsia
• 
  Sclerodoris tuberculata
• 
  Sebadoris nubilosa
• 
  Taringa halgerda
• 
  Thordisa filix

Genera brought into synonymy

• Adura [sic]: synonym of Audura Bergh, 1878: synonym of Jorunna Bergh, 1876
• Anisodoris Bergh, 1898: synonym of Diaulula Bergh, 1878
• Ansiodoris [sic]: synonym of Anisodoris Bergh, 1898: synonym of Diaulula Bergh, 1878
• Argus Bohadsch, 1761: synonym of Platydoris Bergh, 1877
• Audura Bergh, 1878 : synonym of Jorunna Bergh, 1876
• Awuka Er. Marcus, 1955 : synonym of Jorunna Bergh, 1876
• Boreodoris Odhner, 1939 : synonym of Rostanga Bergh, 1879
• Carryodoris Vayssière, 1919: synonym of Geitodoris Bergh, 1891
• Centrodoris P. Fischer, 1883 : synonym of Kentrodoris Bergh, 1874
• Discodorididae aliciae Dayrat, 2005: synonym of “Montereina” aliciae (Dayrat, 2005)
• Erythrodoris Pruvot-Fol, 1933: synonym of Discodoris Bergh, 1877
• Fracassa Bergh, 1878: synonym of Discodoris Bergh, 1877
• Glossodoridiformia O'Donoghue, 1927: synonym of Atagema Gray, 1850
• Kentrodoris Bergh, 1874 : synonym of Jorunna Bergh, 1876
• Montereina MacFarland, 1905: synonym of Peltodoris Bergh, 1880
• Otinodoris White, 1948 : synonym of Asteronotus Ehrenberg, 1831
• Peronodoris Bergh, 1904: synonym of Sclerodoris Eliot, 1904
• Petelodoris Bergh, 1882: synonym of Atagema Gray, 1850
• Phialodoris Bergh, 1890 : synonym of Peltodoris Bergh, 1880
• Phlegmodoris Bergh, 1878: synonym of Atagema Gray, 1850
• Pupsikus Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1970: synonym of Thordisa Bergh, 1877
• Trippa (gastropod)|Trippa Bergh, 1877 : synonym of Atagema Gray, 1850
• Tumbia Burn, 1962: synonym of Sclerodoris Eliot, 1904

See also

• Dorididae, also known as Sea lemon.

References

1. Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).
2. Bouchet, P. (2011). Discodorididae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1761 on 2011-08-23
3. "Indo-Pacific Molluscan Species Database at the Academy of Natural Sciences".
4. "Indo-Pacific Molluscan Species Database at the Academy of Natural Sciences".
5. Fahey S. J. & Gosliner T. M. (2003). "Mistaken Identities: On the Discodorididae genera Hoplodoris Bergh, 1880 and Carminodoris Bergh, 1889 (Opistobranchia, Nudibranchia)". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 54: 169-208. PDF.
6. "CLEMAM: Discodoridae". Archived from the original on 2006-02-08. Retrieved 2010-03-04.

External links

• Media related to Discodorididae at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Discodorididae at Wikispecies
• http://www.helsinki.fi/~mhaaramo/metazoa/protostoma/mollusca/Gastropoda/Opisthobranchia/Discodorididae.htm%5B%5D
• Dayrat B. & Gosliner T. M. (2005). "Species names and metaphyly: a case study in Discodorididae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Euthyneura, Nudibranchia, Doridina)". Zoologica Scripta 34: 199-224. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.2005.00178.x.
• Valdés Á. (2002). A phylogenetic analysis and systematic revision of the cryptobranch dorids (Mollusca, Nudibranchia, Anthobranchia). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 136: 535-636
• Dayrat B. 2010. A monographic revision of discodorid sea slugs (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia, Nudibranchia, Doridina). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Series 4, vol. 61, suppl. I, 1-403, 382 figs.