The Doridina, common name dorid nudibranchs, are a taxonomic suborder of sea snails or slugs, marine gastropod molluscs in the order Nudibranchia.Gofas, S. (2014). Euctenidiacea. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-02-12 Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) rejected the name Anthobranchia on the grounds that it also included Onchidium at the time of original publication. DoridinaMolluscaBase (2019). Doridina. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2019-02-01. is equivalent and used in the latest classification.
A morphological phylogenetic study, published in 2000, by Wägele & Willan showed that the subclade Gnathodoridacea (= Bathydoridoidea) and the subclade Doridacea (= Phanerobranchia + Cryptobranchia + Porostomata) each form a monophyletic group.
In a later study, published in 2002, A. Valdés concluded that the superfamilies Doridoidea and Phyllidioidea (called by him Cryptobranchia + Porostomata) formed a clade. He expanded the usage of Cryptobranchia to encompass the whole subclade Doridacea. This move was not followed in the taxonomy of Bouchet and Rocroi.
Taxonomy This list follows the taxonomy presented in Bouchet et al. (2017): Infraorder Bathydoridoidei Superfamily Bathydoridoidea Family Bathydorididae
Infraorder Doridoidei
Superfamily Doridoidea Family Dorididae Family Discodorididae
Superfamily Polyceroidea Family Polyceridae Family Okadaiidae
Superfamily Chromodoridoidea Family Chromodorididae Family Actinocyclidae Family Hexabranchidae Family Cadlinidae
Superfamily Onchidoridoidea Family Onchidorididae Family Aegiridae Family Akiodorididae Family Calycidorididae Family Corambidae Family Goniodorididae
Superfamily Phyllidioidea Family Phyllidiidae Family Dendrodorididae Family Mandeliidae
References
Further reading
Belick F. P. (1975) "Additional opisthobranch mollusks from Oregon". The Veliger 17(3): 276–277. Goddard J. H. r. (1984) "The opisthobranchs of Cape Arago, Oregon, with notes on their biology and a summary of benthic opisthobranchs known from Oregon". The Veliger 27(2): 143–163. Lance J. R. (1967) "The holotype of the abyssal dorid nudibranch Bathydoris aoica Marcus & Marcus, 1962". The Veliger 9(4): 410. Marcus Ev. & Marcus Er. (1962) "A new species of the Gnathodoridacea". Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 34: 269–275. Valdés Á. & Bertsch H. (2000) "Redescription and range extension of Bathydoris aioca Marcus & Marcus, 1962 (Nudibranchia: Gnathodoridoidea)". The Veliger 43(2): 172–178.