Doridomorpha

Tochuina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia; clade Euthyneura; clade Nudipleura; clade Nudibranchia; clade Dexiarchia; clade Cladobranchia; clade Dendronotida
Superfamily:	Arminoidea
Family:	Doridomorphidae
Genus:	Doridomorpha

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.^[2]

Species

There is only one species within the genus Doridomorpha:

Doridomorpha gardineri Eliot, 1903

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

References

^ MolluscaBase (2018). Doridomorpha Eliot, 1903. Accessed on 2021-01-06.
^ a b 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.
^ Johnson, S. , 2018. Doridomorpha gardineri Underwater Kwajalein.

[1] MolluscaBase (2018). Doridomorpha Eliot, 1903. Accessed on 2021-01-06.

[KM2020-2] 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.