- Source: Limapontiidae
Limapontiidae is a taxonomic family of small to minute sacoglossan sea slugs. These are marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks.
These sea slugs resemble nudibranchs, but are not closely related to them. Most of the species are green because of the green algae they eat and live on.
In the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005), the former family Stiligeridae is described as a synonym of the family Limapontiidae Gray, 1847, belonging to the superfamily Limapontioidea Jensen, 1996.
This family has no subfamilies.
Genera
The following genera belong to the family Limapontiidae:
Alderella Odhner in Franc, 1968
Alderia Allman, 1846
Alderiopsis Baba, 1968
Calliopaea d'Orbigny, 1837
Costasiella Pruvot-Fol, 1951 - 15 species
Ercolania Trinchese, 1872
Limapontia Johnston, 1836 - type genus
Olea Agersborg, 1923
Placida Trinchese, 1876
Sacoproteus Krug et al. 2018
Stiliger Ehrenberg, 1831
Genera brought into synonymy
Alderina Pruvot-Fol, 1954 : synonym of Alderella Odhner in Franc, 1968
Chalidis Quatrefages, 1844 : synonym of Limapontia Johnston, 1836
Custiphorus Deshayes, 1853 : synonym of Calliopaea d'Orbigny, 1837
Laura Trinchese, 1873 : synonym of Placida Trinchese, 1876
References
Jensen K.R. (2007) Biogeography of the Sacoglossa (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia). Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 55:255–281.
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Limapontiidae
- Sacoglossa
- Plakobranchoidea
- Limapontioidea
- Alderia modesta
- Stiliger
- Panpulmonata
- Placida aoteana
- Placida
- Limapontia capitata
