Doridacea

Doridacea

Halgerda batangas
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Nudipleura clade Nudibranchia clade Euctenidiacea clade Doridacea
Superfamilies
See text.

Doridacea is a taxonomic grouping of dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks.^[1] included in the clade Euctenidiacea of the clade Nudibranchia.

Taxonomy

Superfamily Doridoidea
- Family Dorididae
- Family Actinocyclidae
- Family Chromodorididae
- Family Discodorididae
Superfamily Phyllidioidea
- Family Phyllidiidae
- Family Dendrodorididae
- Family Mandeliidae
Superfamily Onchidoridoidea (= Phanerobranchiata Suctoria)
- Family Onchidorididae
- Family Corambidae
- Family Goniodorididae
Superfamily Polyceroidea (= Phanerobranchiata Non Suctoria)
- Family Polyceridae
- Family Aegiridae - In Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) is incorrect subsequent spelling Aegiretidae.
- Family Gymnodorididae
- Family Hexabranchidae
- Family Okadaiidae

The outer mantle bears caryophyllidia or sensory tubercles, surrounded by spicules.

^ Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.); Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdes A. & Warén A. 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology, 47(1-2). ConchBooks: Hackenheim, Germany. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997. 397 pp. http://www.vliz.be/Vmdcdata/imis2/ref.php?refid=78278