The Dexiarchia are a
suborder
Order ( la, ordo) is one of the eight major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy. It is classified between family and class. In biological classification, the order is a taxonomic rank used in the classification of organisms and ...
of
sea slug
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s, 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
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 species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is esti ...
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
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 fa ...
( = Doridoxida)
*Superfamily
Doridoxoidea
**Family
Doridoxidae
Clade
Cladobranchia
The Cladobranchia are a taxonomic clade of nudibranchs, sea slugs, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Dexiarchia.
Taxonomy clade Metarminida
* Superfamily Metarminoidea This name is not available as a Superfamily name as it is not based on ...
( = Cladohepatica)
Contains the subclades Euarminida, Dendronotida and Aeolidida
*Not assigned to a superfamily (
Metarminoidea)
**Family
Charcotiidae
Curnonidae is a small family of sea slugs, nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs, in the clade Euthyneura.
Description
The Curnonidae are a small family of nudibranchs with representatives in the Southern Ocean including South Afric ...
**Family
Dironidae
Dironidae is a family of nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs, in the clade Euthyneura
Euthyneura is a taxonomic infraclass of snails and slugs, which includes species exclusively from marine, aquatic and terrestrial gastropod mollusks ...
**Family
Embletoniidae
**Family
Goniaeolididae
''Goniaeolis'' is a monotypic genus of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Goniaeolididae containing the single species ''Goniaeolis typica''.Gofas, S. (2014).''Goniaeolis typica'' Sars M., 1861.Accessed through: Worl ...
**Family
Heroidae
Heroidae is a family (biology), family of sea slugs, nudibranchs, marine (ocean), marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Nudipleura. There are no subfamilies in Heroidae.
The only genus in the family is ''Hero (gastropod), Hero'' and it has two ...
**Family
Madrellidae
Madrellidae is a family of nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs, in the clade Nudipleura
Nudipleura are a clade of sea snails and sea slugs, marine gastropod mollusks within the large clade Heterobranchia.
Taxonomy
2005 taxonomy
In the ...
**Family
Pinufiidae
Pinufiidae is a family of sea slugs, specifically nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs, in the clade Nudipleura
Nudipleura are a clade of sea snails and sea slugs, marine gastropod mollusks within the large clade Heterobranchia.
Taxonomy
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**Family
Proctonotidae
Proctonotidae is a family of sea slugs, nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs, in the clade Euthyneura
Euthyneura is a taxonomic infraclass of snails and slugs, which includes species exclusively from marine, aquatic and terrestrial gastro ...
Subclade Euarminida
*Superfamily
Arminoidea
Arminoidea is a superfamily of small sea slugs, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Nudibranchia.
Arminoidea is the only superfamily in the clade Euarminida.
Families
A study, published in 2000, has demonstrated that Arminoidea is paraphyle ...
**Family
Arminidae
Arminidae is a family of sea slugs, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Arminoidea.
Taxonomy
The family Arminidae is classified within the clade Cladobranchia, itself belonging to the clade Nudibranchia (according to the taxonomy ...
**Family
Doridomorphidae
Doridomorphidae is a taxonomic family of colorful sea slugs or nudibranchs. They are marine gastropod mollusc
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs ...
Subclade Dendronotida
*Superfamily
Tritonioidea
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, ...
**Family
Tritoniidae
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, ...
**Family
Aranucidae
**Family
Bornellidae
''Bornellidae'' is a family of nudibranch sea slug - marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Tritonioidea.
This family is within the clade Cladobranchia (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
Descriptio ...
**Family
Dendronotidae
Dendronotidae is a family of sea slugs, nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Dendronotoidea.
This family is within the clade Cladobranchia (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
Descripti ...
**Family
Dotidae
Dotidae are a taxonomic family of small sea slugs, nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs formerly assigned to the order Opisthobranchia, but now considered to belong to the clade Dexiarchia.
This family has also been spelled in the ...
**Family
Hancockiidae
Hancockiidae is a family of sea slugs, nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Tritonioidea.
This family is within the clade Cladobranchia (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005).
Taxonomy
T ...
**Family
Lomanotidae
''Lomanotidae'' is a family of sea slugs, marine gastropod mollusk
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 ...
**Family
Phylliroidae
The Phylliroidae are a family of nudibranch sea snails, highly adapted to a pelagic lifestyle and occurring in tropical surface waters around the globe. The two species of the genus '' Phylliroe'' and '' Cephalopyge trematoides'' that have been ...
**Family
Scyllaeidae
Scyllaeidae is a taxonomic family of sea slugs, nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Dendronotoidea.Bouchet, P. (2012). Scyllaeidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia ...
**Family
Tethydidae
Tethydidae is a family of dendronotid nudibranch gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Tritonioidea.Picton, B.; Bouchet, P. (2017). Tethydidae Rafinesque, 1815. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http ...
Subclade Aeolidida
*Superfamily
Flabellinoidea
Fionoidea is a superfamily of small sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs. They are gastropod mollusks within the infraorder Cladobranchia. The families within Fionoidea were shown to be monophyletic on DNA evidence and a re-interpretation of family ch ...
( = Pleuroprocta)
**Family
Flabellinidae
Flabellinidae is a taxonomic family of brightly coloured sea slugs, specifically nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusk
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known a ...
**Family
Notaeolidiidae
Notaeolidiidae is a taxonomic family of sea slugs, specifically aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusc
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs ...
*Superfamily
Fionoidea
Fionoidea is a superfamily of small sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs. They are gastropod mollusks within the infraorder Cladobranchia. The families within Fionoidea were shown to be monophyletic on DNA evidence and a re-interpretation of family char ...
**Family
Fionidae
Fionidae is a family of sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Fionoidea.
Taxonomic history
This family was expanded to include Tergipedidae, Eubranchidae and Calmidae as a result of a molecular phylogenet ...
**Family
Calmidae
Calmidae is a taxonomic family of sea slugs with only one genus and two species. These are specifically aeolid nudibranchs. They are marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Fionoidea.
This family has no subfamilies.
Taxonomic history ...
**Family
Eubranchidae
Eubranchidae is a taxonomic family of sea slugs, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Aeolidioidea, the aeolid nudibranch
Nudibranchs () are a group of soft-bodied marine gastropod molluscs which shed their shells after their larval ...
**Family
Pseudovermidae
**Family
Tergipedidae
*Superfamily
Aeolidioidea
Aeolidioidea is a superfamily of sea slugs, the aeolid nudibranchs. They are marine gastropod molluscs in the suborder Cladobranchia.
Taxonomy
As of 2019, the superfamily Aeolidioidea consisted of the following families:
* Aeolidiidae Gray, ...
**Family
Aeolidiidae
Aeolidiidae, a family of aeolid nudibranchs, are a family of sea slugs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs.Bouchet, P. (2014)''Aeolidiidae'' Gray, 1827.Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2014-10-24
Most, or perhaps all, mem ...
**Family
Facelinidae
The Facelinidae are a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), family of colorful sea slugs. These are specifically aeolid nudibranchs. They are marine (ocean), marine gastropod molluscs.Bouchet, P. (2012). Facelinidae. Accessed through: W ...
**Family
Glaucidae
**Family
Piseinotecidae
References
Nudipleura
Nudibranchia
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