Iredale & O'Donoghue, 1923

Shell absent. Body elongated, with dorso-lateral ceratal processes containing tributaries of the digestive gland; cerata without cnidosacs and without terminal pores. Oral tentacles are lacking, but the head bears rhinophoral prominences or tentacles which may be flattened and ear-like (Alderia) , inrolled (Hermaea), grooved, or digitiform (Stiliger) , rarely absent.
The anal opening is median (antero-dorsal or postero-dorsal). The radula teeth usually lack fine denticulations. The penis is often armed with a spine.

Source: Thompson, 1988.

The following subtaxa of this family occur in the region:

Genus Alderia
Alderia modesta
Genus Calliopaea
Calliopaea bellula
Genus Limapontia
Limapontia capitata
Limapontia depressa
Limapontia senestra
Genus Placida
Placida dendritica

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Subclass Opisthobranchia
Order Sacoglossa
Family Stiligeridae

Sorry, there are no scientific synonyms and common names available for this taxon

Hayward, P.J., Wigham, G.D. & N. Yonow, 1990. Mollusca I: Polyplacophora, Scaphopoda, and Gastropoda. In: The Marine Fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe. (ed. P.J. Hayward & J.S. Ryland). Clarendon Press, Oxford: 628-730.

Thompson, T.E., 1988. Molluscs: Benthic Opisthobranchs (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Synopses of the British fauna (NS), 8: 1-356.

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