Flabellinidae
Appearance
Flabellinidae | |
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Flabellina iodinea | |
Scientific classification | |
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(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
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Family: | Flabellinidae |
Type genus | |
Flabellina | |
Genera and species | |
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Flabellinidae is a taxonomic family of brightly coloured sea slugs, specifically nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks.
This family has no subfamilies.
Genera and species
Genera within the family Flabellinidae include:[3]
- Babakina Roller, 1973
- Calmella Eliot, 1910
- Chlamylla Bergh, 1886
- Cumanotus Odhner, 1907
- Flabellina Gray, 1833 - type genus
- Tularia Burn, 1966
Genera currently considered to be synonyms:
- Coryphella Gray, 1850: synonym of Flabellina
- Flabellinopsis MacFarland, 1966
- Nossis (Genus) Bergh, 1902
- Paracoryphella Miller, 1971
References
- ^ Bergh R. (1889). In: Carus J. V. Prodromus Faunae Mediterraneae 2: 215.
- ^ Miller M. C. (1971). "Aeolid nudibranchs (Gastropoda:Opisthobranchia) of the families Flabellinidae and Eubranchidae from New Zealand waters". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 50(4): 311-337. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1971.tb00766.x
- ^ Bouchet, P. (2014). Flabellinidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=190 on 2014-10-24
Further reading
- Sea Slug Forum Sea Slug Forum
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- "Flabellinidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
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