Arminoidea is a superfamily of small sea slugs, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Nudibranchia.[1]
| Arminoidea | |
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| Armina californica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
| Clade: | Euarminida |
| Superfamily: | Arminoidea Rafinesque, 1814 |
| Families | |
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Arminoidea is the only superfamily in the clade Euarminida.
Families
editA study, published in 2000,[2] has demonstrated that Arminoidea is paraphyletic.
The taxonomy of the Arminoidea in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005)[3] contains two families as follows:
- Family Arminidae
- Family Doridomorphidae
References
edit- ^ Charles F. Sturm; Timothy A. Pearce; Ángel Valdés (2006). The Mollusks: A Guide to Their Study, Collection, and Preservation. Universal-Publishers.com. ISBN 1-58112-930-0.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.
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