Arminoidea Explained

Arminoidea is a superfamily of small sea slugs, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Nudibranchia.^[1]

Arminoidea is the only superfamily in the clade Euarminida.

Families

A study, published in 2000,^[2] has demonstrated that Arminoidea is paraphyletic.

The taxonomy of the Arminoidea in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005) contains two families as follows:

• Family Arminidae
• Family Doridomorphidae

Notes and References

1. Book: The Mollusks: A Guide to Their Study, Collection, and Preservation. Charles F. Sturm . Timothy A. Pearce . Ángel Valdés . 2006. Universal-Publishers.com. 1-58112-930-0.
2. Wägele H. . Willan R. C. . amp . Phylogeny of the Nudibranchia . . September 2000 . 1 . 1 . 83–181 . 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2000.tb02196.x. free .