Dotidae is a family of nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs or sea slugs, in the superfamily Dendronotoidea.
Nomenclature This family has also been spelled in the past as "Dotonidae" and "Dotoidae". The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) decided in 1964 that neither spelling was correct and adopted Dotidae Gray, 1853 as the accepted name for this family.International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (1964) "Doto Oken, 1815 (Gastropoda): validated under the plenary powers". Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 21(2): 97–100.Rudman B. (9 March 2004) Dotidae or Dotoidae? . accessed 7 November 2009.
Description (Original description) Tentacles sheathed at the base and retractile; gills fusiform in shape, positioned along the sides of the back.
Genera The following genera are recognised in the family Dendronotidae: Caecinella Bergh, 1870 Doto Oken, 1815 Kabeiro Shipman & Gosliner, 2015 Miesea Marcus, 1961
Synonyms Bornellopsis O'Donoghue, 1929: synonym of Doto Oken, 1815 Dotilla Bergh, 1879:synonym of Doto Oken, 1815 (invalid: junior homonym of Dotilla Stimpson, 1858; Iduliella is a replacement name) Dotona Iredale, 1918: ssynonym of Doto Oken, 1815 (invalid: junior homonym of Dotona Carter, 1880) Subfamily Embletoniinae Pruvot-Fol, 1954: synonym of Embletoniidae Pruvot-Fol, 1954 (superseded rank) Gellina J. E. Gray, 1850:synonym of Doto Oken, 1815 (junior subjective synonym) Idalia Leach, 1847: synonym of Doto Oken, 1815(junior subjective synonym) Idulia Leach, 1852: synonym of Doto Oken, 1815 (misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling, error for Idalia Leach, 1847) Iduliella Thiele, 1931: synonym of Doto Oken, 1815 (junior subjective synonym) Timorella Bergh, 1905: synonym of Doto Oken, 1815
Distribution This family occurs worldwide in cold and warm seas.Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
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External links
SeaSlugForum overall list Photos of Dotidae