Flabellinopsidae

Flabellinopsidae
Flabellinopsis iodinea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Aeolidacea
Superfamily: Flabellinopsoidea
Family: Flabellinopsidae
Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017
Type genus
Flabellinopsis
Genera

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Flabellinopsidae is a family of nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs or sea slugs, in the superfamily Flabellinoidea.[1][2][3]

Genera

According to Korshunova et al. (2025), genera within the family Flabellinidae include:[2]

  • Baenopsis Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, H. Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017
  • Flabellinopsis MacFarland, 1966

According to Ekimova et al. (2026), genera within the family Flabellinidae include:[3]

  • Baenopsis Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, H. Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017
  • Bajaeolis Gosliner & Behrens, 1986 [placed in Facelinidae by Korshunova et al. (2025)]
  • Flabellinopsis MacFarland, 1966
  • Kynaria Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, H. Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017

References

  1. ^ Korshunova, T.; Martynov, A.; Bakken, T.; Evertsen, J.; Fletcher, K.; Mudianta, W.; Saito, H.; Lundin, K.; Schrödl, M.; Picton, B. (2017). Polyphyly of the traditional family Flabellinidae affects a major group of Nudibranchia: aeolidacean taxonomic reassessment with descriptions of several new families, genera, and species (Mollusca, Gastropoda). ZooKeys. 717: 1-139.
  2. ^ a b Korshunova, Tatiana; Fletcher, Karin; Martynov, Alexander (2025-08-01). "The endless forms are the most differentiated—how taxonomic pseudo-optimization masked natural diversity and evolution: the nudibranch case". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 204 (4) zlaf057. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf057. ISSN 0024-4082.
  3. ^ a b Ekimova, Irina; Carmona, Leila; Mikhlina, Anna L.; Grishina, Darya; Stanovova, Maria V.; Schepetov, Dimitry M.; Hoover, Craig; Souza-Canal, Jade de; Kuznetsov, Karen O.; Valdés, Ángel (2026-05-20). "Neither "lumpers" nor "splitters": A global revision of Flabellinidae s.l. nudibranchs (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia: Nudibranchia)". PLOS ONE. 21 (5) e0347759. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0347759. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 13189321. PMID 42160278.