Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Euthyneura > Subterclass Ringipleura > Superorder Nudipleura > Order Nudibranchia > Suborder Doridina > Infraorder Doridoidei > Superfamily Doridoidea > Family Dorididae

Doris Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

Doridigitata A. d'Orbigny, 1839 synonym
Doris (Doridigitata) A. d'Orbigny, 1839 synonym
Siraius Er. Marcus, 1955 synonym
Staurodoris Bergh, 1878 synonym; nom. inval.

Children

Doris alboranica Bouchet, 1977
Doris berghi (Vayssière, 1901)
Doris bertheloti A. d'Orbigny, 1839
Doris bicolor (Bergh, 1884)
Doris concinna Alder & Hancock, 1864
Doris flammea Alder & Hancock, 1844
Doris januarii (Bergh, 1878)
Doris kyolis (Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967)
Doris marmorata Risso, 1818
Doris nobilis (Odhner, 1907)
Doris ocelligera (Bergh, 1881)
Doris pseudoverrucosa (Ihering, 1886)
Doris sticta (Iredale & O'Donoghue, 1923)
Doris verrucosa Linnaeus, 1758

Literature

original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p.

basis of record

Valdés Á. (2002). A phylogenetic analysis and systematic revision of the cryptobranch dorids (Mollusca, Nudibranchia, Anthobranchia). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 136: 535-636.

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Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Doris Linnaeus, 1758. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137914

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine

Importance

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2015-03-27 by Serge Gofas

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