''Carminodoris'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

sea slug Sea slug is a common name for some marine invertebrates with varying levels of resemblance to terrestrial slugs. Most creatures known as sea slugs are gastropods, i.e. they are sea snails (marine gastropod mollusks) that over evolutionary ...

s, dorid

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 mat ...

s, shell-less

marine Marine is an adjective meaning of or pertaining to the sea or ocean. Marine or marines may refer to: Ocean * Maritime (disambiguation) * Marine art * Marine biology * Marine debris * Marine habitats * Marine life * Marine pollution Military * ...

gastropod

mollusk Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is es ...

s in the family

Discodorididae Discodorididae is a taxonomic family of sea slugs, specifically dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Doridoidea.Bouchet, P. (2011). Discodorididae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.ma ...

. The genus ''Carminodoris'' was originally classified by

Bergh Bergh is a former municipality in the Dutch province of Gelderland. The municipality included the villages of 's-Heerenberg, Zeddam, and Stokkum. In 2005, it merged with Didam to form the new municipality of Montferland Montferland () i ...

in 1891 in the subfamily

Platydorididae Discodorididae is a taxonomic family of sea slugs, specifically dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Doridoidea.Bouchet, P. (2011). Discodorididae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.mari ...

(despite the use of suffix -idea), a subfamily of the family

Dorididae Sea lemon is a loosely applied common name for a group of medium-sized to large shell-less colorful sea slugs or nudibranchs, specifically dorid nudibranchs in the taxonomic family Dorididae and other closely related families. These are marine ...

. In 1934

Alice Pruvot-Fol Alice Pruvot-Fol (4 August 1873 – 28 March 1972) was a French opisthobranch malacologist. She was the author of many new species, mostly described on the basis of preserved animals. She described a new species (''Nembrotha rutilans'', Pruv ...

elevated this subfamily to its new status as family latydorididae. In 2002 Valdés has given the name Discodorididae precedence over the name Platydorididae. The Sea Slug Forum however classifies this genus in the family Dorididae.

Species

Species in the genus ''Carminodoris'' include:http://www.seaslugforum.net/search.cfm?searchstring=Carminodoris * ''

Carminodoris boucheti ''Carminodoris boucheti'' is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Discodorididae Discodorididae is a taxonomic family of sea slugs, specifically dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in ...

'' Ortea, 1979 * ''

Carminodoris cockerelli ''Carminodoris'' is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Discodorididae. The genus ''Carminodoris'' was originally classified by Bergh in 1891 in the subfamily Platydorididae (despite the ...

'' Risbec, 1930 * ''

Carminodoris punctulifera ''Carminodoris'' is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Discodorididae. The genus ''Carminodoris'' was originally classified by Bergh in 1891 in the subfamily Platydorididae (despite the ...

'' (Bergh, 1907) * ''

Carminodoris spinobranchialis ''Carminodoris spinobranchialis'' is a species of sea slug or dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or ...

'' Ortea & Martínez, 1992 Synonyms: * ''Carminodoris armata'' Baba, 1993 is a synonym of ''

Hoplodoris armata ''Hoplodoris armata'' is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (l ...

''.Fahey S. (23 October 2003) "New species of ''Hoplodoris'' Bergh, 1880". Sea Slug Forum, accessed 8 March 2010. * ''Carminodoris bifurcata'' Baba, 1993: synonym of ''

Hoplodoris bifurcata ''Hoplodoris bifurcata'' is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity ...

'' Baba, 1993 * ''Carminodoris estrelyado'' (Gosliner & Behrens, 1998): synonym of ''

Hoplodoris estrelyado ''Hoplodoris estrelyado'' is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinit ...

'' Gosliner & Behrens, 1998 * ''Carminodoris flammea'' (Fahey & Gosliner, 2003): synonym of ''

Hoplodoris flammea ''Hoplodoris flammea'' is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Discodorididae''. Distribution This species is recorded from Bali, Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, ...

'' Fahey & Gosliner, 2003 * ''Carminodoris grandiflora'' (Pease, 1860): synonym of ''

Hoplodoris grandiflora ''Hoplodoris grandiflora'' is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affini ...

'' (Pease, 1860) * ''Carminodoris mauritiana'' Bergh, 1880: synonym of ''

'' (Pease, 1860). * ''Carminodoris nodulosa'' (Angas, 1864):synonym of ''

'' (Baba, 1993).

References

External links

Discodorididae Gastropod genera {{Discodorididae-stub