Flabellinidae is a
taxonomic
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family
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of brightly coloured
sea slug
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s, specifically
nudibranch
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s,
marine gastropod
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mollusk
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s.
This family has no subfamilies.
Genera and species
Genera within the family Flabellinidae include:
[Bouchet, P. (2011)]
Flabellinidae Bergh, 1889.
In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed on 2018-01-13.
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Calmella
''Calmella'' is a genus of sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Flabellinidae
Flabellinidae is a taxonomic family of brightly coloured sea slugs, specifically nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks.
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Eliot, 1910
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Carronella
''Carronella'' is a genus of sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Flabellinidae
Flabellinidae is a taxonomic family of brightly coloured sea slugs, specifically nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks.
This ...
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Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017
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Coryphellina
''Coryphellina'' is a genus of sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Flabellinidae
Flabellinidae is a taxonomic family of brightly coloured sea slugs, specifically nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks.
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O'Donoghue
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The name means "descendant of Donnchadh", a personal name composed of the elements ''donn'' "brown-haired an and ''cath'' "batt ...
, 1929
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Edmundsella
''Edmundsella'' is a genus of sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Flabellinidae
Flabellinidae is a taxonomic family of brightly coloured sea slugs, specifically nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks.
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Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017
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Flabellina
''Flabellina'' is a genus of sea slugs, specifically aeolid nudibranchs. These animals are marine gastropod molluscs in the family Flabellinidae.
Taxonomic history
The genus ''Flabellina'' was established by John Edward Gray in 1833 with the ...
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Gray
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, 1833
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Paraflabellina
''Paraflabellina'' is a genus of sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Flabellinidae.Picton, B. (2018)''Paraflabellina'' Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Pict ...
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Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017
References
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