Myrrhinidae
| Myrrhinidae | |
|---|---|
| Phyllodesmium longicirrum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Aeolidacea |
| Superfamily: | Aeolidioidea |
| Family: | Myrrhinidae Bergh, 1905 |
| Genera | |
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See Taxonomy | |
The Myrrhinidae is a family of 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]
According to Korshunova and colleagues (2025), the following genera are recognised in the family Myrrhinidae:[3]
- Dondice Er. Marcus, 1958
- Godiva Macnae, 1954
- Hermissenda Bergh, 1879
- Nanuca Er. Marcus, 1957
- Nemesignis Furfaro & Mariottini, 2021
- Phyllodesmium Ehrenberg, 1831
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.
- ^ 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). doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf057. ISSN 0024-4082.
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