''Carminodoris'' is a
genus
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of
sea slug
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s, dorid
nudibranch
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s, shell-less
marine gastropod
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This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
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s in the family
Discodorididae
Discodorididae is a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), family of sea slugs, specifically dorid nudibranchs, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Doridoidea.Bouchet, P. (2011). Discodorididae. Accessed through: ...
.
The genus ''Carminodoris'' was originally classified by
Bergh
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In 2005, it merged with Didam to form the new municipality of Montferland
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in 1891 in the subfamily
Platydorididae (despite the use of the suffix -idea), a subfamily of the family
Dorididae
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. In 1934
Alice Pruvot-Fol
Alice Pruvot-Fol (4 August 1873 – 28 March 1972) was a French Opisthobranchia, opisthobranch malacologist.
She was the author of many new species, mostly described on the basis of preserved animals. She described a new species (''Nembrotha ...
elevated this subfamily to its new status as the family Latydorididae. In 2002 Valdés gave 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:
* ''
Carminodoris boucheti''
Ortea, 1979
* ''
Carminodoris cockerelli''
Risbec, 1930
* ''
Carminodoris mauritiana''
Bergh, 1889
* ''
Carminodoris punctulifera''
(Bergh, 1907)
* ''
Carminodoris spinobranchialis''
Ortea & Martínez, 1992
Synonyms:
* ''Carminodoris armata'' Baba, 1993 is a synonym of ''
Hoplodoris armata''.
* ''Carminodoris bifurcata'' Baba, 1993: synonym of ''
Hoplodoris bifurcata'' Baba, 1993
* ''Carminodoris estrelyado'' (Gosliner & Behrens, 1998): synonym of ''
Hoplodoris estrelyado'' Gosliner & Behrens, 1998
* ''Carminodoris flammea'' (Fahey & Gosliner, 2003): synonym of ''
Hoplodoris flammea'' Fahey & Gosliner, 2003
* ''Carminodoris grandiflora'' (Pease, 1860): synonym of ''
Hoplodoris grandiflora'' (Pease, 1860)
* ''Carminodoris mauritiana'' Bergh, 1880: synonym of ''
Hoplodoris grandiflora'' (Pease, 1860).
* ''Carminodoris nodulosa'' (Angas, 1864):synonym of ''
Hoplodoris bifurcata'' (Baba, 1993).
References
Discodorididae
Gastropod genera
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