The Dexiarchia are a
suborder
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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
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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
**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 o ...
( = Cladohepatica)
Contains the subclades Euarminida, Dendronotida and Aeolidida
*Not assigned to a superfamily (
Metarminoidea)
**Family
Charcotiidae
**Family
Dironidae
**Family
Embletoniidae
**Family
Goniaeolididae
**Family
Heroidae
**Family
Madrellidae
**Family
Pinufiidae
**Family
Proctonotidae
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
Subclade Dendronotida
*Superfamily
Tritonioidea
**Family
Tritoniidae
**Family
Aranucidae
**Family
Bornellidae
**Family
Dendronotidae
**Family
Dotidae
**Family
Hancockiidae
**Family
Lomanotidae
**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 a ...
**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 ( = Pleuroprocta)
**Family
Flabellinidae
**Family
Notaeolidiidae
*Superfamily
Fionoidea
**Family
Fionidae
**Family
Calmidae
**Family
Eubranchidae
**Family
Pseudovermidae
Pseudovermidae is a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), family of minute sea slugs, specifically aolid nudibranchs, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusks.
This family has no subfamilies.
These extremely small sea ...
**Family
Tergipedidae
Tergipedidae is a family of sea slugs, 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 or mollusks (). Around 8 ...
*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, 1 ...
**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 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.marines ...
**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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