Myrrhinidae
| Myrrhinidae | |
|---|---|
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| Phyllodesmium briareum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
| Superfamily: | Aeolidioidea |
| Family: | Myrrhinidae Bergh, 1905 |
The Myrrhinidae are a taxonomic family of colourful sea slugs. These are specifically aeolid nudibranchs. They are marine gastropod molluscs.[1]
Taxonomy[edit]
DNA studies found the Facelinidae to be polyphyletic and this family was brought back into use to partially resolve that situation.[2]
Genera[edit]
Genera within the family Myrrhinidae include:
- Dondice Er. Marcus, 1958
- Godiva Macnae, 1954
- Hermissenda Bergh, 1879
- Nanuca Er. Marcus, 1957
- Nemesignis Furfaro & Mariottini, 2021
- Phyllodesmium Ehrenberg, 1831 (1828)
- Synonyms
- Nemesis Furfaro & Mariottini, 2021: synonym of Nemesignis Furfaro & Mariottini, 2021 (invalid: junior homonym of Nemesis Risso, 1826 [Crustacea]; Nemesignis is a replacement name)
References[edit]
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Myrrhinidae Bergh, 1905. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2022-10-09.
- ^ Martynov, Alexander; Mehrotra, Rahul; Chavanich, Suchana; Nakano, Rie; Kashio, Sho; Lundin, Kennet; Picton, Bernard; Korshunova, Tatiana (2019). "The extraordinary genus Myja is not a tergipedid, but related to the Facelinidae s. STR. With the addition of two new species from Japan (Mollusca, Nudibranchia)". ZooKeys (818): 89–116. Bibcode:2019ZooK..818...89M. doi:10.3897/zookeys.818.30477. PMC 6354008. PMID 30723380.
External links[edit]
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