Miamirinae

Miamirinae
Miamira miamirana, anterior end towards upper left
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Family: Chromodorididae
Subfamily: Miamirinae
Bergh, 1891
Type genus
Miamira
Bergh, 1874
Genera

See text

Synonyms
  • Ceratosomatidae J.E. Gray, 1857

Miamirinae is a taxonomic subfamily of colourful sea slugs; dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Chromodorididae.

It was established as a subfamily in by Rudolph Bergh in 1891, despite his usage of the suffix -idae that traditionally denotes familial status.

Description

The original 1891 text describes Miamirinids as being ovular in shape with a notum that is somewhat flatter but also domed. The mantle margin is somewhat broad, and the foot not narrow. Oral tentacles are very small.

All Miamirindids eat sponges.

Genera

Genera currently within Miamirinae include:

Genera currently in synonymy include:

References

  1. 1 2 3 Bergh, L. S. R. (1891). Die cryptobranchiaten Doridinen. Zoologische Jahrbucher. Abteilung fur Systematik. 6(1): 103-144 [October].
  2. 1 2 Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia. 61(1-2): 1-526. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4002/040.061.0201.
  3. 1 2 3 MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Miamirinae Bergh, 1891. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2026-10-13.
  4. ↑ Rudman, W. B. & Bergquist, P. R. (2007) A review of feeding specificity in the sponge-feeding Chromodorididae (Nudibranchia: Mollusca). Molluscan Research, 27(2): 60-88.