Doridomorpha Explained

Doridomorpha is a genus of sea slugs, arminoid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Doridomorphidae.^[1]

Taxonomy

The phylogenetic position of Doridomorpha was clarified in 2020 as a result of an integrative taxonomic study of the family Tritoniidae.^[2] An interesting finding was that Doridomorpha, Doridoxa and Heterodoris cluster with the family Arminidae, in a molecular tree within the Dendronotoidea.

Species

There is only one species within the genus Doridomorpha:

Doridomorpha gardineri is a small, thin nudibranch which is occasionally found on the coral Heliopora.^[3]

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase (2018). Doridomorpha Eliot, 1903. Accessed on 2021-01-06.
2. Korshunova, T.; Martynov, A. (2020). Consolidated data on the phylogeny and evolution of the family Tritoniidae (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia) contribute to genera reassessment and clarify the taxonomic status of the neuroscience models Tritonia and Tochuina. PLOS ONE. 15(11): e0242103.
3. Johnson, S., 2018. Doridomorpha gardineri Underwater Kwajalein.