CADLINELLIDAE ODHNER, 1934

Korshunova, Tatiana, Fletcher, Karin, Picton, Bernard, Lundin, Kennet, Kashio, Sho, Sanamyan, Nadezhda, Sanamyan, Karen, Padula, Vinicius, Schrödl, Michael & Martynov, Alexander, 2020, The Emperor’s Cadlina, hidden diversity and gill cavity evolution: new insights for the taxonomy and phylogeny of dorid nudibranchs (Mollusca: Gastropoda), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 189, pp. 762-827 : 805-808

FAMILY CADLINELLIDAE ODHNER, 1934 , STAT. NOV.

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Diagnosis: Body relatively narrow, notal edges well defined, covered with strongly protruding, thick, elongated to club-shaped tubercles. Gills are multipinnate, gill cavity well defined. Labial cuticle with bi- to multicuspid elements. Radula broad, central teeth present, elongated with weakly developed cusps, partly directed forward. Vas deferens with narrow ejaculatory duct, penial spines reported to be present. Receptaculum seminis not inserted directly to the base of bursa (semiserial type).