# Apataidae

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**Apataidae** is a [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) of [nudibranchs](/source/Nudibranchs), shell-less marine [gastropod](/source/Gastropod) [molluscs](/source/Mollusc) or [sea slugs](/source/Sea_slugs). It is the only family within the superfamily **Apataoidea**. [1]

## Genera

According to Korshunova and colleagues (2025), the following genera and species are recognised in the family Apataidae:[2][3][4]

- *[Apata](/source/Apata_(gastropod))* Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017
- ?*[Tularia](/source/Tularia)* Burn, 1966

## References

1. Korshunova, T.; Martynov, A.; Bakken, T.; Evertsen, J.; Fletcher, K.; Mudianta, W.; Saito, H.; Lundin, K.; Schrödl, M.; Picton, B. (2017). [Polyphyly of the traditional family Flabellinidae affects a major group of Nudibranchia: aeolidacean taxonomic reassessment with descriptions of several new families, genera, and species (Mollusca, Gastropoda).](https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.717.21885) ZooKeys. 717: 1-139.

1. Korshunova, Tatiana; Fletcher, Karin; Martynov, Alexander (2025-08-01). ["The endless forms are the most differentiated—how taxonomic pseudo-optimization masked natural diversity and evolution: the nudibranch case"](https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/doi/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf057/8237533). *Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society*. **204** (4). [doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf057](https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf057). [ISSN 0024-4082](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0024-4082)

1. Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2015). [Pleurolidiidae.](http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=570853) In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-12-14

1. Picton, B. (2017). [Apataidae Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017. In: MolluscaBase (2017).](http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1047453) Accessed on 2018-01-12

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