Aeolidida Explained

The Aeolidida is a taxonomic clade of sea slugs, specifically aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Cladobranchia.^[1] ^[2] They are distinguished from other nudibranchs by their possession of cerata containing cnidosacs.^[3]

Taxonomy

Superfamily Flabellinoidea (= Pleuroprocta) Bergh, 1889^[4]
- Family Apataidae Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017
- Family Coryphellidae Bergh, 1889
- Family Cumanotidae Odhner, 1907
- Family Flabellinidae Bergh, 1889
- Family Flabellinopsidae Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017
- Family Notaeolidiidae Eliot, 1910
- Family Paracoryphellidae M. C. Miller, 1971
- Family Samlidae Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017
Superfamily Fionoidea (= Acleioprocta) Gray, 1857^[5]
- Family Calmidae Iredale & O'Donoghue, 1923
- Family Cuthonellidae Miller, 1971
- Family Cuthonidae Odhner, 1934
- Family Eubranchidae Odhner, 1934
- Family Fionidae Gray, 1857
- Family Pseudovermidae Thiele, 1931
- Family Tergipedidae Bergh, 1889
- Family Trinchesiidae F. Nordsieck, 1972
Superfamily Aeolidioidea (= Cleioprocta) Gray, 1827
- Family Aeolidiidae Gray, 1827
- Family Facelinidae Bergh, 1889
- Family Glaucidae Gray, 1827
- Family Piseinotecidae Edmunds, 1970
- Family Pleurolidiidae Burn, 1966
- Family Unidentiidae Millen & Hermosillo, 2012

Notes and References

Bouchet, P. . Rocroi, J.-P. . 2005 . Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families . Malacologia . 47 . 1-2 .
Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2014). Aeolidida. In: MolluscaBase (2017). Accessed on 2017-11-08
http://opistobranquis.info/en/guia/nudibranchia/dexiarchia/aeolidida/#gsc.tab=0 OPK - Opisthobranquis: Aeolidida
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.
Korshunova, T.; Martynov, A.; Picton, B. (2017). Ontogeny as an important part of integrative taxonomy in tergipedid aeolidaceans (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia) with a description of a new genus and species from the Barents Sea. Zootaxa. 4324(1): 1.