Bathydorididae Bergh 1891

A species of Bathydoris nudibranch

Bathydorididae is a taxonomic family of dorid nudibranch, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks.^[1]

Bathydorididae is the only family in the superfamily Bathydoridoidea, within the clade Gnathodoridacea.

Taxonomy

Genera in the family Bathydorididae include:

• Bathydoris Bergh, 1884 - type genus. These nudibranchs live in deep water, below 1,500 m.
  • Bathydoris abyssorum Bergh, 1884 (type species)
  • Bathydoris aioca Marcus & Marcus, 1962
  • Bathydoris clavigera Thiele, 1912 (synonym : Prodoris clavigera)
  • Bathydoris hodgsoni Eliot, 1907
  • Bathydoris ingolfiana Bergh, 1900
  • Bathydoris japonensis Hamatani & Kubodera, 2010
  • Bathydoris patagonica Kaiser, 1980
  • Bathydoris violacea Baranetz. 1993
  • Bathydoris vitjazi Minichev, 1969
• Prodoris Baranetz, 1997
  • Prodoris clavigera (Thiele, 1912)

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