Limapontiidae

Limapontiidae is a taxonomic family of small to minute sacoglossan sea slugs. These are marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks.

These sea slugs resembling nudibranchs, but are not closely related to them. Most of the species are green because of the green algae they eat and live on.

In the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005), the former family Stiligeridae is described as a synonym of the family Limapontiidae Gray, 1847, belonging to the superfamily Limapontioidea Jensen, 1996.

This family has no subfamilies.

Genera

The following genera belong to the family Limapontiidae:

Alderella Odhner in Franc, 1968

Alderia Allman, 1846

Alderiopsis Baba, 1968

Calliopaea d'Orbigny, 1837

Costasiella Pruvot-Fol, 1951 - 15 species

Ercolania Trinchese, 1872

Limapontia Johnston, 1836 - type genus

Olea Agersborg, 1923

Placida Trinchese, 1876

Stiliger Ehrenberg, 1831

Alderina Pruvot-Fol, 1954 : synonym of Alderella Odhner in Franc, 1968

Chalidis Quatrefages, 1844 : synonym of Limapontia Johnston, 1836

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