Arminoidea is a
superfamily
SUPERFAMILY is a database and search platform of structural and functional annotation for all proteins and genomes. It classifies amino acid sequences into known structural domains, especially into SCOP superfamilies. Domains are functional, str ...
of small
sea slug
Sea slug is a common name for some marine invertebrates with varying levels of resemblance to terrestrial slugs. Most creatures known as sea slugs are gastropods, i.e. they are sea snails (marine gastropod mollusks) that over evolutionary ...
s,
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
paraphyletic
In taxonomy (general), taxonomy, a group is paraphyletic if it consists of the group's most recent common ancestor, last common ancestor and most of its descendants, excluding a few Monophyly, monophyletic subgroups. The group is said to be pa ...
.
The taxonomy of the Arminoidea in the
taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005)
contains two families as follows:
* Family
Arminidae
* Family
Doridomorphidae
Doridomorphidae is a taxonomic family of colorful sea slugs or nudibranchs. They are marine gastropod molluscs.
Genera
Genera and species within the family Doridomorphidae include:
*'' Doridoeides''
**'' Doridoeides gardineri'' Eliot & Evan ...
References
Nudipleura
Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque
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