Janolidae is a
family
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of sea slugs,
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 ...
s,
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 ...
mollusc
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s, in the clade
Euthyneura
Euthyneura is a taxonomic infraclass of snails and slugs, which includes species exclusively from marine, aquatic and terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the clade Heterobranchia.
Euthyneura are characterised by several autapomorphies, bu ...
.
Genera
Genera in the family Janolidae include:
[MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase]
Janolidae Pruvot-Fol, 1933.
Accessed on 2020-10-20.
* ''
Antiopella''
Hoyle, 1902
* ''
Bonisa''
Gosliner, 1981
* ''
Galeojanolus''
Miller, 1971
* ''
Janolus''
Bergh, 1884
;Genera brought into synonymy:
* ''Janus''
Vérany, 1844: synonym of ''Janolus''
Bergh, 1884
References
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Nudibranchia
Gastropod families