Calmidae
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Calmidae is a taxonomic family of sea slugs with only one genus and two species. These are specifically aeolid nudibranchs. They are marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Fionoidea.[1]
This family has no subfamilies.[2]
Taxonomic history
The genera in this family were moved to the family Fionidae as a result of a molecular phylogenetics study.[3]
Biology
Species in this family have an unusual diet for Nudibranchs. They feed on fish eggs.
References
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- ↑ Bouchet, P. (2015). Calmidae Iredale & O'Donoghue, 1923. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-14
- ↑ Cella, K; Carmona Barnosi, L.; Ekimova, I; Chichvarkhin, A; Schepetov, D; Gosliner, T. M. (2016). A radical solution: The phylogeny of the nudibranch family Fionidae. PLoS ONE. 11(12): e0167800.
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External links
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- Animal Diversity - University of Michigan
- Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). Template:ISBN. XII, 195 pp.
- Marine species database
- Proc. malac. Soc. London 15: 200