Arminidae
| Arminidae | |
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| From left to right in each row, from top to bottom: Armina californica, Armina occulta, Dermatobranchus ornatus, and Dermatobranchus caeruleomaculatus | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Arminacea |
| Superfamily: | ArminoideaIredale & O’Donoghue, 1923 |
| Family: | ArminidaeIredale & O'Donoghue, 1923 |
| Type genus | |
| Armina Rafinesque, 1814 | |
| Genera | |
See text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Arminidae is a family of nudibranchs, shell-less marinegastropodmolluscs or sea slugs, and the only member of the superfamily Arminoidea.[2][3][1]
Classification
The following genera are recognised in the family Arminidae:[1]
- ArminaRafinesque, 1814
- AtthilaBergh, 1899
- Dermatobranchusvan Hasselt, 1824
- HistiomenaMörch, 1859
- Pleurophyllidiella Eliot, 1903
- Pleurophyllidiopsis S. Tchang, 1934
A 2020 molecular analysis by Korshunova and Martynov recovered the following phylogenetic tree, where Doridomorpha, Doridoxa, and Heterodoris form a clade sister to the family Arminidae:[2]
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Further reading
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- Wägele H. & Willan R. C. (September 2000). "Phylogeny of the Nudibranchia". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 1 (1): 83–181. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2000.tb02196.x.
- Gary R. McDonald, University of California Santa Cruz; 29 July 2006, "Nudibranch Systematic Index", University of California Santa Cruz
- Kolb, A. & H. Wägele (1998). "On the phylogeny of the Arminidae (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia, Nudibranchia) with considerations of biogeography". Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. 36: 53–64. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0469.1998.tb00777.x.
- Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp
- Willan, R.C. (1981). "A new abyssal arminacean nudibranch from New Zealand". New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 8: 325–330. doi:10.1080/03014223.1981.10430612.
- Verrill, A.A. & Emerton, J.H. (1882). "Catalogue of marine mollusca added to the fauna of the New England region during the past 10 years". Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Science. 5 (2): 548–549.
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