Tethydidae
Encyclopedia
Tethydidae is a family
of sea slugs, marine
gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Tritonioidea
.
and has no subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005
).
Genus brought into synonymy :
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
of sea slugs, marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Tritonioidea
Tritonioidea
Tritonioidea is a superfamily of small sea slugs, nudibranchs. These are marine gastropod mollusks.Tritonioidea is the only superfamily in the clade Dendronotida....
.
Taxonomy
This family is within the clade CladobranchiaCladobranchia
The Cladobranchia are a taxonomic clade of nudibranch sea snails or slugs, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Dexiarchia.-Taxonomy:**Family Charcotiidae**Family Dironidae**Family Dotidae**Family Embletoniidae**Family Goniaeolididae**Family Heroidae...
and has no subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005
Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005)
The taxonomy of the Gastropoda as it was revised by Philippe Bouchet and Jean-Pierre Rocroi is currently the most up-to-date overall system for classifying gastropod mollusks...
).
Genera
There are two genera within the family Tethydidae:- MelibeMelibeMelibe is a genus of sea slugs, nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Tethydidae.Most nudibranchs are carnivores, but their prey is usually sessile or slow-moving animals such as sponges or bryozoans. In contrast, Melibe is an active predator which traps fast-moving free-swimming...
Rang, 1829 - Tethys Linnaeus, 1767 - type genus, with the only species Tethys fimbriaTethys fimbriaTethys fimbria is a species of predatory sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tethydidae.Tethys fimbria is the only species in the genus Tethys....
Linnaeus, 1767
Genus brought into synonymy :
- Melibaea synonym of Melibe Rang, 1829