The Dexiarchia are a
suborder
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of
sea slugs, shell-less
marine
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusc
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s in the order
Nudibranchia.
This classification is based on the study by Schrödl ''et al.,'' published in 2001, who recognized within this clade two clades Pseudoeuctenidiacea and Cladobranchia.
Taxonomy
Clade Pseudoeuctenidiacea ( = Doridoxida)
*Superfamily
Doridoxoidea
Doridoxidae, commonly known as doridoxid nudibranchs, are a small, enigmatic taxonomic family of shell-less sea slugs, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Cladobranchia within the clade Nudibranchia.
Doridoxidae is currently the only fami ...
**Family
Doridoxidae
Doridoxidae, commonly known as doridoxid nudibranchs, are a small, enigmatic taxonomic family of shell-less sea slugs, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Cladobranchia within the clade Nudibranchia.
Doridoxidae is currently the only fami ...
Clade Cladobranchia ( = Cladohepatica)
Contains the subclades Euarminida, Dendronotida and Aeolidida
*Not assigned to a superfamily (
Metarminoidea
Metarminoidea is a provisional taxonomic superfamily of colourful sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs, marine opisthobranch gastropod molluscs in the clade Nudibranchia.Gofas, S. (2014). Metarminoidea Odhner, 1968. Accessed through: World Register of ...
)
**Family
Charcotiidae
**Family
Dironidae
Dironidae is a family of nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusc
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant spec ...
**Family
Embletoniidae
''Embletonia'' is a genus of gastropods in the suborder Cladobranchia. It is the only family in the monotypic family Embletoniidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Embletonia Alder & Hancock, 1851. Accessed through: World Register of Marin ...
**Family
Goniaeolididae
**Family
Heroidae
**Family
Madrellidae
**Family
Pinufiidae
**Family
Proctonotidae
Subclade Euarminida
*Superfamily
Arminoidea
**Family
Arminidae
**Family
Doridomorphidae
Subclade Dendronotida
*Superfamily
Tritonioidea
**Family
Tritoniidae
**Family
Aranucidae
Tritoniidae is a taxonomic family of nudibranchs in the suborder Cladobranchia, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs.MolluscaBase (2018)Tritoniidae Lamarck, 1809.Accessed on 2021-01-01 This family includes some of the largest known nudibranchs, w ...
**Family
Bornellidae
**Family
Dendronotidae
**Family
Dotidae
**Family
Hancockiidae
**Family
Lomanotidae
**Family
Phylliroidae
**Family
Scyllaeidae
**Family
Tethydidae
Subclade Aeolidida
*Superfamily
Flabellinoidea ( = Pleuroprocta)
**Family
Flabellinidae
**Family
Notaeolidiidae
*Superfamily
Fionoidea
**Family
Fionidae
**Family
Calmidae
**Family
Eubranchidae
**Family
Pseudovermidae
Pseudovermidae is a taxonomic family of minute sea slugs, specifically aolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk
A micromollusk is a shelled mollusk which is extremely small, even at full adult size. The word is usua ...
**Family
Tergipedidae
Tergipedidae is a family of sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Fionoidea (according to the of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
Taxonomic history
The bratos in this family were moved to the fam ...
*Superfamily
Aeolidioidea
**Family
Aeolidiidae
**Family
Facelinidae
The Facelinidae are a taxonomic family of colorful sea slugs. These are specifically aeolid nudibranchs. They are marine gastropod molluscs.Bouchet, P. (2012). Facelinidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinesp ...
**Family
Glaucidae
''Glaucus'' is a genus of small blue pelagic sea slugs. They are aeolid nudibranchs,Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013)''Glaucus'' Forster, 1777.Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2013-07-17 ranging in size from . They feed on colon ...
**Family
Piseinotecidae
Piseinotecidae is a taxonomic family of sea slugs, specifically aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Aeolidioidea.Bouchet, P. (2014). Piseinotecidae Edmunds, 1970. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at ...
References
Nudipleura
Nudibranchia
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