MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Dotidae J. E. Gray, 1853

ERMS taxon details

Dotidae J. E. Gray, 1853

AphiaID

187 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:187)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Dendronotoidea Allman, 1845

Direct children (2)

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Genus Doto Oken, 1815
Genus Idalia Leach, 1847 accepted as Doto Oken, 1815 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Gray J. E. (1853). Revision of the families of nudibranch mollusks, with a description of a new genus of Phyllidiadae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. ser. 2, 11: 218-221., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13785956
page(s): 220; note: original spelling Dotonidae. Placed on the Official List with the spelling Dotidae. [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Dotidae J. E. Gray, 1853. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=187 on 2026-01-21

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Dotidae J. E. Gray, 1853. Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php/js/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=187 on 2026-01-21

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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2009-08-14 09:49:04Z

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2011-05-01 06:38:35Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2017-10-30 23:19:26Z

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Picton, Bernard

2025-10-31 02:26:12Z

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Auffenberg, Kurt

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original description Gray J. E. (1853). Revision of the families of nudibranch mollusks, with a description of a new genus of Phyllidiadae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. ser. 2, 11: 218-221., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13785956
page(s): 220; note: original spelling Dotonidae. Placed on the Official List with the spelling Dotidae. [details]

taxonomy source Goodheart, J. A.; Bazinet, A. L.; Valdés, Á.; Collins, A. G.; Cummings, M. P. (2017). Prey preference follows phylogeny: evolutionary dietary patterns within the marine gastropod group Cladobranchia (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia: Nudibranchia). BMC Evolutionary Biology. 17(1)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-017-1066-0 [details]

basis of record Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia. 47 (1-2): 1-397. [20 July]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25127200 [details] Available for editors

status source ICZN. (1964). Opinion 697. Doto Oken, 1815 (Gastropoda): validated under the plenary powers. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 21 (2): 97-100., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12221946 [details]

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Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

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Language	Name
Dutch	kroonslakken	[details]

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