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Limapontiidae

Synonyms: Alderiidae; Oleidae; Pontolimacidae; Stiligeridae

Wikipedia Abstract

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.
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Genus

Alderella (1)
Alderia (3)
Alderiopsis (2)
Calliopaea (5)
Ercolania (26)
Kerryclarkella (1)
Limapontia (Stiliger) (4)
Olea (2)
Placida (18)
Sacoproteus (5)
Stiliger (11)
Swennenia (1)

(...) = Species count

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0