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Cladobranchia
The Cladobranchia are a taxonomic clade of nudibranchs, sea slugs, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Dexiarchia. Taxonomy clade Metarminida * Superfamily Metarminoidea This name is not available as a Superfamily name as it is not based on a genus. It is used here as no replacement name has yet been proposed.Gofas, S. (2014). Metarminoidea Odhner, 1968. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225537 on 2015-02-11 **Family Curnonidae **Family Dironidae **Family Embletoniidae **Family Goniaeolididae **Family Heroidae **Family Madrellidae **Family Pinufiidae **Family Proctonotidae clade Euarminida *Superfamily Arminoidea **Family Arminidae **Family Doridomorphidae clade Dendronotida *Superfamily Tritonioidea **Family Tritoniidae **Family Aranucidae **Family Bornellidae **Family Dotidae **Family Dendronotidae **Family Hancockiidae **Family Lomanotidae **Family Phylliroidae **Family Scyll ...
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Nudibranch
Nudibranchs () are a group of soft-bodied marine gastropod molluscs which shed their shells after their larval stage. They are noted for their often extraordinary colours and striking forms, and they have been given colourful nicknames to match, such as "clown", "marigold", "splendid", "dancer", "dragon", or "sea rabbit". Currently, about 3,000 valid species of nudibranchs are known.Ocean Portal (2017)A Collage of Nudibranch Colors Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 17 April 2018. The word "nudibranch" comes from the Latin "naked" and the Ancient Greek () " gills". Nudibranchs are often casually called sea slugs, as they are a family of opistobranchs (sea slugs), within the phylum Mollusca (molluscs), but many sea slugs belong to several taxonomic groups which are not closely related to nudibranchs. A number of these other sea slugs, such as the photosynthetic '' Sacoglossa'' and the colourful Aglajidae, are often confused with nudibranchs. Dist ...
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Dexiarchia
The Dexiarchia are a suborder of sea slugs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs in the order Nudibranchia. This classification is based on the study by Schrödl ''et al.,'' published in 2001, who recognized within this clade two clades Pseudoeuctenidiacea and Cladobranchia. Taxonomy Clade Pseudoeuctenidiacea ( = Doridoxida) *Superfamily Doridoxoidea **Family Doridoxidae Clade Cladobranchia ( = Cladohepatica) Contains the subclades Euarminida, Dendronotida and Aeolidida *Not assigned to a superfamily ( Metarminoidea) **Family Charcotiidae **Family Dironidae **Family Embletoniidae **Family Goniaeolididae **Family Heroidae **Family Madrellidae **Family Pinufiidae **Family Proctonotidae Subclade Euarminida *Superfamily Arminoidea **Family Arminidae **Family Doridomorphidae Subclade Dendronotida *Superfamily Tritonioidea **Family Tritoniidae **Family Aranucidae **Family Bornellidae **Family Dendronotidae **Family Dotidae **Family Hancockiidae **Family Lo ...
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Hancockiidae
Hancockiidae is a family of sea slugs, nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Tritonioidea. This family is within the clade Cladobranchia (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). Taxonomy The family Hancockiidae has no subfamilies and only one genus. It is closely allied to the family Dotidae. Genera The family Hancockiidae has only one valid genus: * '' Hancockia'', the type genus In biological taxonomy, the type genus is the genus which defines a biological family and the root of the family name. Zoological nomenclature According to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, "The name-bearing type of a nomina ... * ''Govia'' Trinchese, 1885 is considered to be a synonym and its type species ''Govia rubra'' Trinchese, 1885 is considered to be a synonym of ''Hancockia uncinata'', type species of the genus ''Hancockia''. References Thompson, T. E., & Brown, G.H., 1984. Biology of opisthobranch Molluscs. ...
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Dendronotidae
Dendronotidae is a family of sea slugs, nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Dendronotoidea. This family is within the clade Cladobranchia (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). Description Animals within this family have elongated bodies with numerous branching cerata on their dorsal sides. The cerata contain extensions from the digestive gland which vary in extent between species. The head has an oral veil having branching extensions. The lamellate rhinophores are surrounded by a sheath and branched extensions.Korshunova, T., Bakken, T., Grøtan, V.V., Johnson, K.B., Lundin, K. & Martynov, A., 2020A synoptic review of the family Dendronotidae (Mollusca: Nudibranchia): a multilevel organismal diversity approach.Contributions to Zoology. 1-61. Genera and species *'' Dendronotus'' **'' Dendronotus albopunctatus'' Robilliard, 1972 **'' Dendronotus albus'' MacFarland, 1966 (synonym: ''Dendronotus diversicolor'' Robilliar ...
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Bornellidae
''Bornellidae'' is a family of nudibranch sea slug - marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Tritonioidea. This family is within the clade Cladobranchia (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). Description Nudibranch species within the ''Bornellidae'' family have elongated bodies, with pairs of cerata-like dorsal and lateral appendages, with finger-like branches, running along the length of the body. Each of these appendages has an attached cluster of gills. Their rounded head has a tentacle on either side of the mouth, with tiny finger-like papillae. The rhinophores on the head resemble the dorsal appendages. Nudibranchs within this family are believed to feed exclusively on hydroids. Genera * ''Bornella ''Bornella'' is a genus of sea slugs, specifically dendronotid nudibranchs in the family Bornellidae. There has not been much research on this genus. Their biology is mostly unknown, except that they seem to feed exclusively ...
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Aeolidida
The Aeolidida is a taxonomic clade of sea slugs, specifically aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Cladobranchia. They are distinguished from other nudibranchs by their possession of cerata containing cnidosacs. Taxonomy *Superfamily Flabellinoidea (= Pleuroprocta) Bergh, 1889 **Family Apataidae Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017 **Family Coryphellidae Bergh, 1889 **Family Cumanotidae Odhner, 1907 **Family Flabellinidae Bergh, 1889 **Family Flabellinopsidae Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017 **Family Notaeolidiidae Eliot, 1910 **Family Paracoryphellidae M. C. Miller, 1971 **Family Samlidae Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017 *Superfamily Fionoidea (= Acleioprocta) Gray, 1857Korshunova, T.; Martynov, A.; Picton, B. (2017)Ontogeny as an important part of int ...
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Goniaeolididae
''Goniaeolis'' is a monotypic genus of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniaeolididae containing the single species ''Goniaeolis typica''.Gofas, S. (2014).''Goniaeolis typica'' Sars M., 1861.Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015.2.15 ''Goniaeolis'' is also the only genus within the family Goniaeolididae. ''Gonieolis'' is the original spelling, but incorrect subsequent spelling ''Goniaeolis'' is conserved under Art. 33.3.1 of the Code. The synonymy with ''Goniaeolis lobata'' was discussed in detail by Odhner in 1922. Distribution It is endemic to Scandinavian waters. This species was described from Kristiansund, Norway. It has subsequently been reported from the Skagerrak, Odhner N. H. (1907). "Northern and arctic invertebrates in the collection of the Swedish state museum (Riksmuseum). III. Opisthobranchia and Pteropoda". ''K. svenska Vetensk.-Akad. Hand.'' 41(): 1-118page 8
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Aranucidae
Tritoniidae is a taxonomic family of nudibranchs in the suborder Cladobranchia, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs.MolluscaBase (2018)Tritoniidae Lamarck, 1809.Accessed on 2021-01-01 This family includes some of the largest known nudibranchs, with the NE Atlantic species '' Tritonia hombergii'' reaching 20 cm in length. It is the only family in the monotypic superfamily Tritonioidea. Distribution These nudibranchs occur worldwide in warm and temperate seas and in the coldest waters and deep sea, wherever the octocorals which they eat are found. Ecology Members of the family Tritoniidae feed on octocorals, including sea pens, alcyonarian soft corals, and gorgonians, often being cryptic in shape and colouration upon them.García-Matucheski, S. and Muniain, C. (2011). Predation by the nudibranch ''Tritonia odhneri'' (Opisthobranchia:Tritoniidae) on octocorals from the South Atlantic Ocean. Marine Biodiversity, 41(2), 287–297. They share this trait with the Arminidae which we ...
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Doridomorphidae
Doridomorphidae is a taxonomic family of colorful sea slugs or nudibranchs. They are marine gastropod molluscs. Genera Genera and species within the family Doridomorphidae include: *'' Doridoeides'' **'' Doridoeides gardineri'' Eliot & Evans, 1908 *''Doridomorpha ''Doridomorpha'' is a genus of sea slugs, arminoid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Doridomorphidae. Taxonomy The phylogenetic position of ''Doridomorpha'' was clarified in 2020 as a result of an integrative taxonomic st ...'' **'' Doridomorpha gardineri'' Eliot, 1906 References Taxa named by Ernst Marcus (zoologist) Taxa named by Eveline Du Bois-Reymond Marcus {{heterobranchia-stub ...
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Arminidae
Arminidae is a family of sea slugs, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Arminoidea. Taxonomy The family Arminidae is classified within the clade Cladobranchia, itself belonging to the clade Nudibranchia (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005). This family has been renamed several times. It was originally named by d'Orbigny in 1841 as Diphyllidiidae, by H. Adams and A. Adams as Pleurophyllidiidae in 1854, by Bergh as Pleuroleuridae in 1874, by Verrill and Emerton as Heterodorididae in 1882, by P. Fischer as Dermatobranchidae in 1883 and as Atthilidae by Bergh in 1899. The name Arminidae is now in prevailing usage. Genera The type genus is '' Armina'' Rafinesque, 1814 Genera in the family Arminidae include: * '' Armina'' Rafinesque, 1814 *'' Dermatobranchus'' van Hasselt, 1824 *'' Histiomena'' Mörch, 1860 * ''Heterodoris ''Heterodoris'' is a genus of gastropods belonging to the family Heterodorididae. The species of this genus ...
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