Nudibranchia

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Heterobranchia
Infraclassis: Euthyneura
Cohors: Ringipleura
Superordo: Nudipleura
Ordo: Nudibranchia
Subordines (2): Cladobranchia – Doridina
Familiae (51): Actinocyclidae – Aegiridae – Aeolidiidae – Akiodorididae – Arminidae – Bathydorididae – Bornellidae – Cadlinidae – Calmidae – Charcotiidae – Chromodorididae – Dendrodorididae – Dendronotidae – Dironidae – Discodorididae – Dorididae – Doridomorphidae – Doridoxidae – Dotidae – Embletoniidae – Eubranchidae – Facelinidae – Fionidae – Flabellinidae – Glaucidae – Goniaeolididae – Goniodorididae – Gymnodorididae – Hancockiidae – Heroidae – Heterodorididae – Hexabranchidae – Lomanotidae – Madrellidae – Mandeliidae – Notaeolidiidae – Okadaiidae – Onchidorididae – Phyllidiidae – Phylliroidae – Pinufiidae – Piseinotecidae – Polyceridae – Proctonotidae – Pseudovermidae – Rhodopidae – Scyllaeidae – Tergipedidae – Tethydidae – Tritoniidae – Unidentidae

Name

Nudibranchia Cuvier, 1817

References

Additional references

Bergh, L.R.S. 1884. Report on the Nudibranchiata dredged by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. Reports of Science Research Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger. Zoology, 10(26): 1–154, plates I-XIV. BHL page scans Reference page.
Schrödl, M., Wägele, H. & Willan, R.C. 2001. Taxonomic redescription of the Doridoxidae (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia), an enigmatic family of deep water nudibranchs, with discussion of basal nudibranch phylogeny. Zoologischer Anzeiger 240(1): 83–97. DOI: 10.1078/0044-5231-00008 . Reference page.
Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia 47(1–2): 1–397. BHL Reference page.
Poppe, G.T. & Tagaro, S.P. 2006. The new classification of gastropods according to Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005. Visaya, Feb. 2006: 1–11. PDF
Jensen, K.; Nielsen, C. 2014: The nudibranch names mentioned as n.sp. in Bergh (1861) are almost all nomina nuda (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia: Nudibranchia). Zootaxa 3753(2): 146–154. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3753.2.4 Reference page.

Links

Nudibranchia in the World Register of Marine Species

Vernacular names

dansk: Nøgensnegle
Deutsch: Nacktkiemer
English: Nudibranch, Sea slug
español: Nudibranquio
français: Nudibranche
עברית: חשופיות ים
magyar: Csupaszkopoltyús csigák, tengeri házatlan csigák
italiano: Nudibranchi
日本語: ウミウシ
Nederlands: Naaktkieuwige zeenaaktslakken
svenska: Nakensnäckor
ไทย: ทากทะเล

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