Biology:Arminidae

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Arminidae is a family of nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs or sea slugs, and the only member of the superfamily Arminoidea.[1][2][3]

Classification

The following genera are recognised in the family Arminidae:[3]

A 2020 molecular analysis by Korshunova and Martynov recovered the following phylogenetic tree, where Doridomorpha, Doridoxa, and Heterodoris form a clade sister to the family Arminidae:[1]

Dendronotoidea

Tritoniidae

Arminidae

Armina

Dermatobranchus

Doridoxidae

Doridoxa

Doridomorphidae

Doridomorpha

Heterodorididae

Heterodoris

References

Further reading

  • Wägele H.; Willan R. C. (September 2000). "Phylogeny of the Nudibranchia". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 1 (1): 83–181. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2000.tb02196.x. 
  • Gary R. McDonald, University of California Santa Cruz; 29 July 2006, "Nudibranch Systematic Index", University of California Santa Cruz
  • Kolb, A.; H. Wägele (1998). "On the phylogeny of the Arminidae (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia, Nudibranchia) with considerations of biogeography". Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 36: 53–64. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0469.1998.tb00777.x. 
  • Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp
  • Willan, R.C. (1981). "A new abyssal arminacean nudibranch from New Zealand". New Zealand Journal of Zoology 8: 325–330. doi:10.1080/03014223.1981.10430612. 
  • Verrill, A.A.; Emerton, J.H. (1882). "Catalogue of marine mollusca added to the fauna of the New England region during the past 10 years". Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Science 5 (2): 548–549. 

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