''Godiva'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
sea slug
Sea slug is a common name for some Marine biology, marine invertebrates with varying levels of resemblance to terrestrial Slug, slugs. Most creatures known as sea slugs are gastropods, i.e. they are Sea snail, sea snails (marine gastropod moll ...
s, a
nudibranch
Nudibranchs () are a group of soft-bodied marine gastropod molluscs, belonging to the order Nudibranchia, that shed their shells after their larval stage. They are noted for their often extraordinary colours and striking forms, and they have b ...
, a shell-less
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 family
Myrrhinidae
The Myrrhinidae are a taxonomic family of colourful sea slugs. These are specifically aeolid nudibranchs. They are marine gastropod molluscs.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBaseMyrrhinidae Bergh, 1905.Accessed through: World Register of Marine ...
.
[Vaught, K.C. (1989). ''A classification of the living Mollusca''. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp.]
Species
Species within the genus include:
* ''
Godiva brunnea''
Edmunds, 2015
* ''
Godiva quadricolor''
(Barnard, 1927), the
type species
In International_Code_of_Zoological_Nomenclature, zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the spe ...
* ''
Godiva rachelae''
Rudman, 1980
* ''
Godiva rubrolineata''
Edmunds, 1964
; Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Godiva banyulensis''
(Portmann & Sandmeier, 1960): synonym of ''
Nemesignis banyulensis''
(Portmann & Sandmeier, 1960)
* ''Godiva japonica''
(Baba, 1937): synonym of ''
Sakuraeolis japonica
''Sakuraeolis'' is a genus of sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Facelinidae.WoRMS (2010)''Sakuraeolis'' Baba, 1965.In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed thr ...
''
(Baba, 1937)
* ''Godiva modesta''
(Bergh, 1880): synonym of ''Sakuraeolis japonica''
(Baba, 1937)
References
External links
''Godiva'' at: Nudipixel, accessed 2016-12-20.
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Myrrhinidae