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Armina

Armina is a genus of sea slugs, specifically nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Arminidae.

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Armina
Armina neapolitana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Arminacea
Family: Arminidae
Genus: Armina
(Rafinesque, 1814)
Type species
Armina tigrina Rafinesque, 1814
Synonyms1
  • Diphyllidia Blainville, 1819
  • Linguella Férussac, 1822
  • Pleurophyllidia Meckel, 1823
  • Sancara Bergh, 1860
Armina sp. from East Timor. source ↗
A. gilchristi from South Africa. source ↗
Armina sp. Pierre's armina, from South Africa source ↗

Armina is a genus of sea slugs, specifically nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Arminidae.1

Armina loveni is known to prey on pennatulacean octocorals, consuming the polyps of these colonial animals.

Species

Species within the genus Armina include:2

  • Armina adami (White, 1955)
  • Armina aoteana (Miller & Willan, 1986)
  • Armina appendiculata Baba, 1949
  • Armina babai (Tchang, 1934)
  • Armina ballesterosi (Ortea, 1989)
  • Armina bayeri (Marcus & Marcus, 1966)
  • Armina bilamella Lin, 1981
  • Armina californica (J.G. Cooper, 1863)
  • Armina capensis (Bergh, 1907)
  • Armina cara Marcus, 19713
  • Armina carneola (Lim & Chou, 1970)
  • Armina cinerea (Farran, 1905)
  • Armina comta (Bergh, 1880)
  • Armina cordellensis (Gosliner & Behrens, 1996)
  • Armina cuvierii (Orbigny, 1837)
  • Armina cygnea (Bergh, 1876)
  • Armina elongata (Ardila & Valdes, 2004)
  • Armina euchroa (Bergh, 1907)
  • Armina formosa (Kelaart, 1858)
  • Armina gilchristi (White, 1955)
  • Armina grisea (O'Donoghue, 1929)
  • Armina japonica (Eliot, 1913)
  • Armina joia (Marcus & Marcus, 1966)
  • Armina juliana (Ardila & Diaz, 2002)
  • Armina liouvillei (Pruvot-Fol, 1953)
  • Armina longicauda Lin, 1981
  • Armina loveni (Bergh, 1866)
  • Armina maculata (Rafinesque, 1814)
  • Armina magna (Baba, 1955)
  • Armina major (Baba, 1949)
  • Armina microdonta (Bergh, 1907)
  • Armina muelleri (Ihering, 1886)
  • Armina natalensis (Bergh, 1866)
  • Armina neapolitana (delle Chiaje, 1824)
  • Armina occulta Mehrotra, Caballer & Chavanich, 2017
  • Armina papillata (Baba, 1933)
  • Armina paucifoliata Baba, 1955
  • Armina punctilopsis Lin, 1992
  • Armina punctilucens (Bergh, 1874)
  • Armina punctulata (Lin, 1990)
  • Armina rubida (A. Gould, 1852)
  • Armina scotti Mehrotra, Caballer & Chavanich, 2017
  • Armina semperi (Bergh, 1861)
  • Armina serrata (O'Donoghue, 1929)
  • Armina simoniana (Thiele, 1925)
  • Armina sinensis Lin, 1981
  • Armina taeniolata (Bergh, 1860)
  • Armina tigrina (Rafinesque, 1814) : type species
  • Armina tricuspidata (Thompson, Cattaneo, & Wong, 1990)
  • Armina undulata (Meckel, 1823)
  • Armina variolosa (Bergh, 1904)
  • Armina wattla (Marcus & Marcus, 1967)
  • Armina xandra (Marcus & Marcus, 1966)
  • Armina sp. Pierre's armina4
Species brought into synonymy
  • Armina abbotti (Thompson, Cattaneo, & Wong, 1990): synonym of Armina wattla Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967
  • Armina columbiana (O'Donoghue, 1924): synonym of Armina californica (J. G. Cooper, 1863)
  • Armina convolvula Lance, 1962: synonym of Histiomena marginata (Oersted in Mørch, 1859)
  • Armina digueti (Pruvot-Fol, 1955): synonym of Armina californica (J. G. Cooper, 1863)
  • Armina henneguyi (Labbé, 1922): synonym of Pleurophyllidia henneguyi Labbé, 1922 (taxon inquirendum)
  • Armina mulleri (Ihering, 1886): synonym of Armina muelleri (Ihering, 1886)
  • Armina paucidentata (O'Donoghue, 1932): synonym of Pleurophyllidiella paucidentata O'Donoghue, 1932
  • Armina pustulosa (Schultz in Philippi, 1836): synonym of Armina maculata Rafinesque, 1814
  • Armina vancouverensis (Bergh, 1876): synonym of Armina californica (J. G. Cooper, 1863)
References

References

  • 5
  • Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp.
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
  1. Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2012). Armina. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137677 on 2012-04-15
  2. "The Sea Slug Forum - Species List". www.seaslugforum.net. Archived from the original on 28 December 2009. Retrieved 6 January 2009.
  3. Marcus Ev. (1971). "ON SOME EUTHYNEURAN GASTROPODS FROM THE INDIAN AND PACIFIC OCEANS". Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 39(5): 355–369. page 355. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.mollus.a065115.
  4. ZSILAVECZ, G. 2007. Nudibranchs of the Cape Peninsula and False Bay. ISBN 0-620-38054-3
  5. Thompson, T. E. (1981). "Taxonomy of the genus *Armina* (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia) with descriptions of two new species". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 47 (2): 149–171.
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