Arminidae is a

family Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...

of sea

slugs Slug, or land slug, is a common name for any apparently shell-less terrestrial gastropod mollusc. The word ''slug'' is also often used as part of the common name of any gastropod mollusc that has no shell, a very reduced shell, or only a sma ...

, marine

gastropod Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...

mollusk Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...

s in the superfamily

Arminoidea Arminoidea is a superfamily of small sea slugs, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Nudibranchia. Arminoidea is the only superfamily in the clade Euarminida. Families A study, published in 2000, has demonstrated that Arminoidea is paraphy ...

Taxonomy

The family Arminidae is classified within the clade

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 ...

, 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 Alcide Charles Victor Marie Dessalines d'Orbigny (6 September 1802 – 30 June 1857) was a French naturalist who made major contributions in many areas, including zoology (including malacology), palaeontology, geology, archaeology and anthropol ...

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

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is ''

Armina Armina loveni is known to prey on pennatulacean octocorals, consuming the polyps of these colonial animals. ''Armina'' is a genus of sea slugs, specifically nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Arminidae.Bouchet, P.; Gofa ...

'' Rafinesque, 1814 Genera in the family Arminidae include: * ''

'' Rafinesque, 1814 *''

Dermatobranchus ''Dermatobranchus'' is a genus of sea slugs, or nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Arminidae.Bouchet, P. (2011)''Dermatobranchus'' van Hasselt, 1824.Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2012-04-15 Biology '' ...

'' van Hasselt, 1824 *'' Histiomena'' Mörch, 1860 * ''

Heterodoris ''Heterodoris'' is a genus of gastropods belonging to the family Heterodorididae. The species of this genus are found in Europe, Northern America and Australia. Species: *''Heterodoris antipodes'' *''Heterodoris robusta ''Heterodoris'' is ...

'' Verrill & Emerton, 1882 . This is a genus, only known from a few specimens ** ''

Heterodoris antipodes ''Heterodoris'' is a genus of gastropods belonging to the family Heterodorididae. The species of this genus are found in Europe, Northern America and Australia. Species: *'' Heterodoris antipodes'' *''Heterodoris robusta ''Heterodoris'' i ...

'' Willan, 1981 (Tasman Sea) ** ''

Heterodoris ingolfiana ''Heterodoris'' is a genus of gastropods belonging to the family Heterodorididae. The species of this genus are found in Europe, Northern America and Australia. Species: *'' Heterodoris antipodes'' *''Heterodoris robusta ''Heterodoris'' i ...

'' (south of Iceland) ** ''

Heterodoris robusta ''Heterodoris'' is a genus of gastropods Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from sa ...

'' Verrill & Emerton, 1882 (North Atlantic Ocean, Arctic Ocean) *'' Pleurophyllidiella'' Eliot, 1903 *'' Pleurophyllidiopsis'' Tchang-Si, 1934 *'' Sancara'' ;Species brought into synonymy : *''Camarga'' : synonym of ''Histiomena'' Mörch, 1860 *''Diphyllidia'' : synonym of ''Armina'' Rafinesque, 1814 *''Linguella'' Férussac, 1822: synonym of ''Armina'' Rafinesque, 1814 *''Pleuroleura'' : synonym of ''Dermatobranchus'' van Hasselt, 1824 *''Pleurophyllidia'' : synonym of Armina Rafinesque, 1814

References

Gary R. McDonald, University of California Santa Cruz; 29 July 2006, "Nudibranch Systematic Index", University of California Santa Cruz
* * Vaught, K.C. (1989). ''A classification of the living Mollusca''. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp

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