Family
Calycidorididae
- Species in the gallery
- 1
- Genera
- 1
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Description
Calycidorididae Roginskaya, 1972 is a family of dorid nudibranchs in the superfamily Onchidoridoidea (suborder Doridina), with two genera, Calycidoris and Diaphorodoris. Calycidoris is a cold-water northern genus, while Diaphorodoris occurs in the Mediterranean and north-east Atlantic (D. luteocincta, D. papillata, D. alba) and in the North Pacific (D. lirulatocauda, D. mitsuii). They are small dorids, mostly 1–2 cm long, and Diaphorodoris feeds mainly on bryozoans.
Identification
Diaphorodoris are small, oval dorids with a white or translucent mantle stiffened by spicules and covered in small conical tubercles, often edged with a yellow or orange band or marked with red patches. A small circlet of simple gills and smooth or lamellate rhinophores sit on the back. They resemble Onchidorididae and some Goniodorididae, but the white mantle with a coloured rim is a good first clue for the common Mediterranean species.
Genera
1 species
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