Parhedylidae
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Parhedylidae are a taxonomic family of sea slugs, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Parhedyloidea.
2005 taxonomy
Microhedylidae has been listed as a synonym of Parhedylidae in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005). Ganitidae Rankin, 1979 has been listed as a sole family within Hedylopsoidea. The type genus of Livorniellidae was Livorniella Rankin, 1979.
2010 taxonomy
Sensu Schrödl & Neusser (2010) is Microhedylidae within the clade Microhedylacea. Parhedylidae is a synonym of Microhedylidae. Microhedylidae s.l. may informally include Ganitidae, but inclusion of Ganitidae within Microhedylidae requires further research and higher statistical support.
Genera
Genera within the Parhedylidae include:
- Ganitus Marcus, 1953 - with the only species Ganitus evelinae Marcus, 1953 - it belongs to Microhedylidae s.l. / Ganitidae
- Microhedyle Hertling, 1930 Microhedyle glandulifera (Kowalevsky, 1901) Microhedyle nahantensis (Doe, 1974) Microhedyle odhneri (Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1955)
- Microhedyle remanei (Er. Marcus, 1953)
- Paraganitus Challis, 1968 - with the only species Paraganitus ellynnae Challis, 1968 - it belongs to Microhedylidae s.l. / Ganitidae
- Paraganitus Challis, 1968
- Parhedyle Thiele, 1931 Parhedyle cryptophthalma (Westheide & Wawra, 1974) Parhedyle tyrtowii (Kowalevsky, 1900) Parhedyle gerlachi (Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1959)
- Pontohedyle Golikov & Starobogatov, 1972
Genera brought into synonymy
- Gastrohedyle Rankin, 1979: synonym of Pontohedyle Golikov & Starobogatov, 1972
- Livorniella Rankin, 1979: synonym of Microhedyle Hertling, 1930
- Mancohedyle Rankin, 1979: synonym of Pontohedyle Golikov & Starobogatov, 1972 (junior objective synontm of Pontohedyle)
- Maraunibina Rankin, 1979: synonym of Pontohedyle Golikov & Starobogatov, 1972
- Parahedyle [sic]: synonym of Parhedyle Thiele, 1931 (misspelling)
- Sabulincola Rankin, 1979: synonym of Parhedyle Thiele, 1931
- Stellaspina Rankin, 1979: synonym of Microhedyle Hertling, 1930
- Unela Er. Marcus, 1953: synonym of Microhedyle Hertling, 1930
Cladogram
A cladogram based on sequences of mitochondrial 28S ribosomal RNA, 16S ribosomal RNA and cytochrome-c oxidase I (COI) genes showing phylogenic relations within the family Microhedylidae:
| Microhedylidae | Microhedyle sp. from St. Vincent Ganitus evelinae Paraganitus ellynnae Microhedyle glandulifera Parhedyle tyrtowii Parhedyle cryptophthalma Pontohedyle ► |
| Microhedyle sp. from St. Vincent Ganitus evelinae Paraganitus ellynnae Microhedyle glandulifera Parhedyle tyrtowii Parhedyle cryptophthalma | |
| Microhedyle sp. from St. Vincent | |
| Ganitus evelinae Paraganitus ellynnae Microhedyle glandulifera Parhedyle tyrtowii Parhedyle cryptophthalma | |
| Ganitus evelinae Paraganitus ellynnae | |
| Ganitus evelinae | |
| Paraganitus ellynnae | |
| Microhedyle glandulifera Parhedyle tyrtowii Parhedyle cryptophthalma | |
| Microhedyle glandulifera | |
| Parhedyle tyrtowii Parhedyle cryptophthalma | |
| Parhedyle tyrtowii | |
| Parhedyle cryptophthalma | |
| Pontohedyle ► | |
External links
- Media related to Microhedylidae at Wikimedia Commons