Calmidae
{{Short description|Family of gastropods}}
{{Taxobox
| name = Calmidae
| image =
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| regnum = Animalia
| phylum = Mollusca
| classis = Gastropoda
| unranked_superfamilia= clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia
clade Aeolidida
| superfamilia = Fionoidea
| familia = Calmidae
|familia_authority = Iredale & O'Donoghue, 1923
| subdivision_ranks = Genera and species
| subdivision = Calma Alder & Hancock, 1855
}}
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.{{cite journal
|author1=Bouchet, P. |author2=Rocroi, J.-P.
| year = 2005
| title = Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families
| journal = Malacologia
| volume =47
| issue = 1–2
| pages =
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This family has no subfamilies.Bouchet, P. (2015). [http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=22996 Calmidae Iredale & O'Donoghue, 1923.] In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-10-14
Taxonomic history
The genera in this family were moved to the family Fionidae as a result of a molecular phylogenetics study.Cella, K; Carmona Barnosi, L.; Ekimova, I; Chichvarkhin, A; Schepetov, D; Gosliner, T. M. (2016). [https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0167800 A radical solution: The phylogeny of the nudibranch family Fionidae.] PLoS ONE. 11(12): e0167800.
Biology
Species in this family have an unusual diet for Nudibranchs. They feed on fish eggs.
References
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External links
{{commons category|Calmidae}}
- [http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/classification/Calmidae.html/ Animal Diversity - University of Michigan]
- Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). {{ISBN|0-915826-22-4}}. XII, 195 pp.
- [http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=22996/ Marine species database]
- Proc. malac. Soc. London 15: 200
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Category:Monogeneric gastropod families
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