Doridoxidae

Doridoxidae, commonly known as doridoxid nudibranchs, are a small, enigmatic taxonomic family of shell-less sea slugs, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Cladobranchia within the clade Nudibranchia.^[2]

Doridoxidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Nudibranchia
Suborder:	Cladobranchia
Superfamily:	Doridoxoidea Bergh, 1899
Family:	Doridoxidae Bergh, 1899[1]
Type species
Doridoxa ingolfiana
Genera
Doridoxa Bergh, 1899

Doridoxidae is currently the only family in the superfamily Doridoxoidea, within the clade Pseudoeuctenidiacea (= Doridoxida). Molecular evidence shows that it groups with the genera Doridomorpha and Heterodoris and the family Arminidae and close to Tritoniidae.^[3]

Genera

The family Doridoxidae is a small family with only one genus Doridoxa and two species:^[4]

• Doridoxa benthalis Barnard, 1963^[5]
• Doridoxa walteri (Krause, 1892)

Species brought into synonymy:

• Doridoxa ingolfiana Bergh, 1899 - the type species of Doridoxa; synonym of Doridoxa walteri.^[3]