Cadlinidae科 Bergh, 1891在2005年的分类被视为多彩海麒麟科的异名[1];但在R.F. Johnson (2011)的研究[5]显示Cadlina并不属于多彩海麒麟科,所以这个属不应再归属于多彩海麒麟科,而是应该独立成为一个科。而多彩海麒麟科在踢走了Cadlina之后成为了单系群,很可能是Actinocyclidae的姊妹分类单元。2017年《布歇特等人的腹足类分类》亦加入了这个修订[6]。
Family Diaululidae Bergh, 1891 accepted as Discodorididae Bergh, 1891
Subfamily Doriprismaticinae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1858 accepted as Chromodorididae Bergh, 1891 (Under Art. 23.9, declared nomen oblitum by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005)
Family Echinochilidae Odhner, 1968 accepted as Cadlinidae Bergh, 1891
Family Geitodorididae Odhner, 1968 accepted as Discodorididae Bergh, 1891
Family Glossodorididae O'Donoghue, 1924 accepted as Chromodorididae Bergh, 1891
Family Gruveliidae Thiele, 1931 accepted as Discodorididae Bergh, 1891
Family Halgerdidae Odhner, 1926 accepted as Discodorididae Bergh, 1891
Subfamily Inudinae Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1967 accepted as Cadlinidae Bergh, 1891
隐鳃目被认为是海牛总科的异名:
Cryptobranch dorid nudibranchs (previously known as the taxon Cryptobranchia), are nudibranchsea slugs within the clade Doridacea. These slugs are called "cryptobranch," meaning "hidden gill", because they are able to retract their gills into a gill pocket, in contrast to nudibranchs in the traditional group phanerobranchs (or Phanerobranchia), which taxon is probably paraphyletic (in other words, composed of more than one evolutionary lineage).
A. Valdés distinguishes two major clades within the Cryptobranchia: the dorids that have no radula (the Porostomata); and those with a radula (the Labiostomata). The Labiostomata include the monophyletic families: Actinocyclidae, Chromodorididae, Dorididae and Discodorididae.
The cryptobranchs include the following genera that are regarded as valid :
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Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (编). Doridoidea Rafinesque, 1815. MolluscaBase. 2010-10-16 [2018-07-09] –通过WoRMS.