| Myrrhinidae | |
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| Phyllodesmium briareum | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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.
Taxonomy
DNA studies found the Facelinidae to be polyphyletic and this family was brought back into use to partially resolve that situation.
Genera
Genera within the family Myrrhinidae include:
- Dondice Er. Marcus, 1958
- Godiva Macnae, 1954
- Hermissenda Bergh, 1879
- Nanuca Er. Marcus, 1957
- Nemesignis Furfaro & Mariottini, 2021
- Phyllodesmium Ehrenberg, 1831 (1828)
- Synonyms
- Nemesis Furfaro & Mariottini, 2021: synonym of Nemesignis Furfaro & Mariottini, 2021 (invalid: junior homonym of Nemesis Risso, 1826 ; Nemesignis is a replacement name)
References
- MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Myrrhinidae Bergh, 1905. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2022-10-09.
- 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.
External links
- Bergh, L.S.R., 1905.
- Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia. 47 (1-2): 1-397.
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| Myrrhinidae | |