The Cladobranchia are a
taxonomic clade of
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 ...
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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 ...
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marine gastropod molluscs in the clade
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 Pseud ...
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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
Curnonidae is a small family of sea slugs, nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs, in the clade Euthyneura.
Description
The Curnonidae are a small family of nudibranchs with representatives in the Southern Ocean including Sout ...
**Family
Dironidae
Dironidae is a family of nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusc
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 spec ...
**Family
Embletoniidae
''Embletonia'' is a genus of gastropods in the suborder Cladobranchia. It is the only family in the monotypic family Embletoniidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Embletonia Alder & Hancock, 1851. Accessed through: World Register of Marin ...
**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
Scyllaeidae
**Family
Tethydidae
Tethydidae is a family (biology), family of dendronotida, dendronotid nudibranch gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Tritonioidea.Picton, B.; Bouchet, P. (2017). Tethydidae Rafinesque, 1815. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Regi ...
clade Aeolidida
*Superfamily
Flabellinoidea (= Pleuroprocta)
**Family
Flabellinidae
**Family
Notaeolidiidae
*Superfamily
Fionoidea
Fionoidea is a superfamily of small sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs. They are gastropod mollusks within the infraorder Cladobranchia. The families within Fionoidea were shown to be monophyletic on DNA evidence and a re-interpretation of family c ...
**Family
Fionidae
**Family
Calmidae
**Family
Eubranchidae
**Family
Pseudovermidae
Pseudovermidae is a taxonomic family of minute sea slugs, specifically aolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk
A micromollusk is a shelled mollusk which is extremely small, even at full adult size. The word is usua ...
**Family
Tergipedidae
*Superfamily
Aeolidioidea
**Family
Aeolidiidae
**Family
Facelinidae
The Facelinidae are a taxonomic family of colorful sea slugs. These are specifically aeolid nudibranchs. They are marine gastropod molluscs.Bouchet, P. (2012). Facelinidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinesp ...
**Family
Glaucidae
**Family
Piseinotecidae
References
External links
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Nudipleura
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