Myrrhinidae

Myrrhinidae
Phyllodesmium briareum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
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

DNA studies found the Facelinidae to be polyphyletic and this family was brought back into use to partially resolve that situation.[2]

Genera

Genera within the family Myrrhinidae include:

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

  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Myrrhinidae Bergh, 1905. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2022-10-09.
  2. ^ 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.
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