Armina Explained

Armina is a genus of sea slugs, specifically nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Arminidae.^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Armina include:^[2]

• Armina adami (White, 1955)
• Armina aoteana (Miller & Willan, 1986)
• Armina appendiculata Baba, 1949
• Armina babai (Tchang, 1934)
• Armina ballesterosi (Ortea, 1989)
• Armina bayeri (Marcus & Marcus, 1966)
• Armina bilamella Lin, 1981
• Armina californica (J.G. Cooper, 1863)
• Armina capensis (Bergh, 1907)
• Armina cara Marcus, 1971^[3]
• Armina carneola (Lim & Chou, 1970)
• Armina cinerea (Farran, 1905)
• Armina comta (Bergh, 1880)
• Armina convolvula (Lance, 1962)
• Armina cordellensis (Gosliner & Behrens, 1996)
• Armina cuvierii (Orbigny, 1837)
• Armina cygnea (Bergh, 1876)
• Armina elongata (Ardila & Valdes, 2004)
• Armina euchroa (Bergh, 1907)
• Armina formosa (Kelaart, 1858)
• Armina gilchristi (White, 1955)
• Armina grisea (O'Donoghue, 1929)
• Armina henneguyi (Labbé, 1922)
• Armina japonica (Eliot, 1913)
• Armina joia (Marcus & Marcus, 1966)
• Armina juliana (Ardila & Diaz, 2002)
• Armina liouvillei (Pruvot-Fol, 1953)
• Armina longicauda Lin, 1981
• Armina loveni (Bergh, 1866)
• Armina maculata (Rafinesque, 1814)
• Armina magna (Baba, 1955)
• Armina major (Baba, 1949)
• Armina microdonta (Bergh, 1907)
• Armina muelleri (Ihering, 1886)
• Armina natalensis (Bergh, 1866)
• Armina neapolitana (delle Chiaje, 1824)
• Armina papillata (Baba, 1933)
• Armina paucifoliata Baba, 1955
• Armina punctilopsis Lin, 1992
• Armina punctilucens (Bergh, 1874)
• Armina punctulata (Lin, 1990)
• Armina pustulosa (Schultz in Philippi, 1836)
• Armina semperi (Bergh, 1860)
• Armina serrata (O'Donoghue, 1929)
• Armina sinensis Lin, 1981
• Armina taeniolata (Bergh, 1860)
• Armina tigrina (Rafinesque, 1814) : type species
• Armina tricuspidata (Thompson, Cattaneo, & Wong, 1990)
• Armina undulata (Meckel, 1823)
• Armina variolosa (Bergh, 1904)
• Armina wattla (Marcus & Marcus, 1967)
• Armina xandra (Marcus & Marcus, 1966)
• Armina sp. Pierre's armina^[4]

Species brought into synonymy:

• Armina abbotti (Thompson, Cattaneo, & Wong, 1990): synonym of Armina wattla Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967
• Armina columbiana (O'Donoghue, 1924): synonym of Armina californica (J. G. Cooper, 1863)
• Armina convolvula Lance, 1962: synonym of Histiomena marginata (Oersted in Mørch, 1859)
• Armina digueti (Pruvot-Fol, 1955): synonym of Armina californica (J. G. Cooper, 1863)
• Armina mulleri (Ihering, 1886): synonym of Armina muelleri (Ihering, 1886)
• Armina vancouverensis (Bergh, 1876): synonym of Armina californica (J. G. Cooper, 1863)

References

• Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp.
• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213

• https://web.archive.org/web/20110718215743/http://folk.ntnu.no/vmzotbak/nudibranchia/arminidae/armina_loveni.htm accessed 9 November 2009
• http://www.catalogueoflife.org/ accessed 9 November 2009
• Gary R. McDonald, University of California Santa Cruz; 29 July 2006, "Nudibranch Systematic Index", University of California Santa Cruz
• Miller M.C. & Willan R.C. 1986. A review of New Zealand arminacean nudibranchs (Opisthobranchia: Arminacea). New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 13: 377-408

Notes and References

1. Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2012). Armina. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137677 on 2012-04-15
2. Web site: The Sea Slug Forum - Species List. www.seaslugforum.net . 6 January 2009 . 28 December 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091228180914/http://www.seaslugforum.net/specieslist.cfm . dead .
3. Marcus Ev. (1971). "ON SOME EUTHYNEURAN GASTROPODS FROM THE INDIAN AND PACIFIC OCEANS". Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 39(5): 355–369. page 355. .
4. ZSILAVECZ, G. 2007. Nudibranchs of the Cape Peninsula and False Bay.