Limapontiidae
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, 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, 1968Alderia Allman, 1846Alderiopsis Baba, 1968Calliopaea d'Orbigny, 1837 Costasiella Pruvot-Fol, 1951 - 15 speciesErcolania Trinchese, 1872Limapontia Johnston, 1836 - type genusOlea Agersborg, 1923Placida Trinchese, 1876Sacoproteus Krug et al. 2018Stiliger Ehrenberg, 1831;Genera brought into synonymy :Alderina Pruvot-Fol, 1954 : synonym of Alderella Odhner in Franc, 1968Chalidis Quatrefages, 1844 : synonym of Limapontia Johnston, 1836Custiphorus Deshayes, 1853 : synonym of Calliopaea d'Orbigny, 1837Laura Trinchese, 1873 : synonym of Placida Trinchese, 1876