| Arminidae | |
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| From left to right in each row, from top to bottom: Armina californica, Armina occulta, Dermatobranchus ornatus, and Dermatobranchus caeruleomaculatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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 Rafinesque, 1814
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| Synonyms1 | |
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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.231
Classification
The following genera are recognised in the family Arminidae:1
- Armina Rafinesque, 1814
- Atthila Bergh, 1899
- Dermatobranchus van Hasselt, 1824
- Histiomena Mörch, 1859
- Pleurophyllidiella Eliot, 1903
- Pleurophyllidiopsis S. Tchang, 1934
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:2
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References
References
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Further reading
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.