Arminidae

Arminidae
From left to right in each row, from top to bottom: Armina californica, Armina occulta, Dermatobranchus ornatus, and Dermatobranchus caeruleomaculatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Arminacea
Superfamily: Arminoidea
Iredale & O’Donoghue, 1923
Family: Arminidae
Iredale & O'Donoghue, 1923
Type genus
Armina
Genera

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Synonyms

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

Classification

The following genera are recognised in the family Arminidae:

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:

Dendronotoidea

Tritoniidae

Arminidae
Doridoxidae

Doridoxa

Doridomorphidae

Doridomorpha

Heterodorididae

Heterodoris

References

  1. 1 2 3 Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Arminidae Iredale & O'Donoghue, 1923 (1841)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2026-05-31.
  2. 1 2 Korshunova, Tatiana; Martynov, Alexander (2020-11-20). "Consolidated data on the phylogeny and evolution of the family Tritoniidae (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia) contribute to genera reassessment and clarify the taxonomic status of the neuroscience models Tritonia and Tochuina". PLOS ONE. 15 (11) e0242103. Bibcode:2020PLoSO..1542103K. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0242103. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 7679014. PMID 33216784.
  3. ↑ Korshunova, Tatiana; Fletcher, Karin; Martynov, Alexander (2025-08-01). "The endless forms are the most differentiated—how taxonomic pseudo-optimization masked natural diversity and evolution: the nudibranch case". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 204 (4). doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf057. ISSN 0024-4082.

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