Limapontiidae is a taxonomic family of small to minute sacoglossan sea slugs. These are marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks.
These sea slugs resemble 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 Sacoproteus Krug et al. 2018 Stiliger Ehrenberg, 1831 Genera brought into synonymy Alderina Pruvot-Fol, 1954 : synonym of Alderella Odhner in Franc, 1968 Chalidis Quatrefages, 1844 : synonym of Limapontia Johnston, 1836 Custiphorus Deshayes, 1853 : synonym of Calliopaea d'Orbigny, 1837 Laura Trinchese, 1873 : synonym of Placida Trinchese, 1876
References
Jensen K.R. (2007) Biogeography of the Sacoglossa (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia). Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 55:255–281.