Editing Dorididae

{{Short description|Family of gastropods}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| name = Sea lemon
| image = Doris odhneri.jpg
| image_caption = A live individual of ''[[Doris odhneri]]'', head end towards the right
| image2 = Yellow Dorid Makeout Session (Doris montereyensis).jpg
| image2_caption = Mating ''[[Doris montereyensis]]''
| taxon = Dorididae
| authority = [[Constantine Samuel Rafinesque|Rafinesque]], 1815
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision = ''See text''
| synonyms = * Glossodorididae <small> [[Johannes Thiele (zoologist)|Thiele]], 1929 </small>
}}

'''Sea lemon''' is a loosely applied [[common name]] for a group of medium-sized to large shell-less colorful [[sea slug]]s or [[nudibranch]]s, specifically '''dorid nudibranchs''' in the [[Taxonomy (biology)|taxonomic]] [[family (biology)|family]] '''Dorididae''' and other closely related families. These are [[marine (ocean)|marine]] [[gastropod]] [[mollusk]]s.

The Monterey sea lemon is ''[[Doris montereyensis]]'' and the mottled pale sea lemon is ''[[Diaulula lentiginosa]]''.

The [[common name]] sea lemon probably comes from these animal's visual similarity to a [[lemon]] based on such qualities as the roughened skin, the oval form when seen from above, and the common but not inevitable orange to pale yellow coloration.

==Description==
These dorid nudibranchs can be large (up to 20&nbsp;cm), rather flattened, and oval in shape when seen from above. They have two hornlike projections ([[rhinophore]]s) on the head, and a rosette-like tuft of gills on the back of the animal. The mantle is sometimes sprinkled with black dots, and it is covered in small bumps, which are called [[tubercles]].

==Life habits==
Sea lemons feed on [[sea sponge|sponge]]s. They lay ribbons of white or yellow eggs. 
Taxonomically the Dorididae is a family of several genera, the ''dorids'' named after the mythological ancient Greek sea nymph [[Doris (Greek myth)|Doris]]. (See [[Ovid]]ius, ''Metamorphoses'' 2.6)

==Genera==
Genera within the family Dorididae include:<ref>Bouchet, P. (2010). [http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=9904 Dorididae Rafinesque, 1815.] In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-12-04.</ref>
* ''[[Aphelodoris]]'' <small>([[Rudolph Bergh|Bergh]], 1879)</small>
* ''[[Artachaea]]'' <small>Bergh, 1881</small> 
* ''[[Conualevia]]'' <small>Collier & Farmer, 1964</small>
* ''[[Doriopsis]]'' <small>[[Rudolph Bergh|Bergh]], 1889</small>
* ''[[Doris (gastropod)|Doris]]'' <small>[[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]]</small>
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* ''[[Goslineria]]'' <small>Valdés, 2001</small>
* ''[[Homoiodoris]]'' <small>[[Rudolph Bergh|Bergh]], 1881</small>: [[nomen dubium]]
* ''[[Pharodoris]]'' <small>Valdés, 2001</small>
;Genera brought into synonymy:
* ''Anisodoris'' <small>Bergh, 1898</small> : synonym of ''[[Diaulula]]'' ([[Discodorididae]])
* ''Anoplodoris'' <small>P. Fischer, 1883</small>  : synonym of ''[[Doris (gastropod)|Doris]]'' <small>[[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]]</small>
* ''[[Aporodoris]]'' <small>Ihering, 1886</small> [synonym of ''[[Taringa (gastropod)|Taringa]]'' in family [[Discodorididae]]]
* ''Archidoris'' <small>[[Rudolph Bergh|Bergh]], 1878</small> : synonym of ''[[Doris (gastropod)|Doris]]'' <small>[[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]]</small>
* ''Austrodoris'' <small>Odhner, 1926</small> : synonym of ''[[Doris (gastropod)|Doris]]'' <small>[[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]]</small>
* ''Ctenodoris''<small> Eliot, 1907</small> : synonym of ''[[Doris (gastropod)|Doris]]'' <small>[[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]]</small>
* ''Doridigitata'' <small>d'Orbigny, 1839:</small> synonym of ''[[Doris (gastropod)|Doris]]'' <small>[[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]]</small>
* ''Doriopsis'' <small>[[Rudolph Bergh|Bergh]], 1889</small>: synonym of ''[[Doris (gastropod)|Doris]]'' <small>[[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]]</small>
* ''Doriorbis'' <small>Kay & Young, 1969 :</small>synonym of ''[[Doris (gastropod)|Doris]]'' <small>[[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]]</small>
* ''Etidoris'' <small>Ihering, 1886 a:</small> synonym of ''[[Thordisa]]'' <small>Bergh, 1877</small>
* ''Guyonia'' <small>Risbec, 1928 :</small>synonym of ''[[Doris (gastropod)|Doris]]'' <small>[[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]]</small>
* ''Neodoris'' <small>[[Kikutaro Baba|Baba]], 1938</small> : synonym of ''[[Doris (gastropod)|Doris]]'' <small>[[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]]</small>
* ''Praegliscita'' <small>Burn, 1957</small>  : synonym of ''[[Doris (gastropod)|Doris]]'' <small>[[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]]</small>
* ''Rhabdochila'' <small>P. Fischer, 1883</small>: synonym of ''[[Rostanga]]'' <small>Bergh, 1879</small>
* ''Siraius'' <small>Marcus, 1955</small> : synonym of ''[[Doris (gastropod)|Doris]]'' <small>[[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]]</small>
* ''Staurodoris'' <small>Bergh, 1878</small>: synonym of ''[[Doris (gastropod)|Doris]]'' <small>[[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]]</small>

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