Armina
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Armina is a genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of sea slug
Slug
Slug is a common name that is normally applied to any gastropod mollusc that lacks a shell, has a very reduced shell, or has a small internal shell...
s, specifically nudibranch
Nudibranch
A nudibranch is a member of what is now a taxonomic clade, and what was previously a suborder, of soft-bodied, marine gastropod mollusks which shed their shell after their larval stage. They are noted for their often extraordinary colors and striking forms...
s, marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
gastropod mollusks in the family Arminidae
Arminidae
Arminidae is a family of sea slugs, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Arminoidea.- Taxonomy :The Arminidae family is classified within the clade Cladobranchia, itself belonging to the clade Nudibranchia .This family has been renamed several times...
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Species
Species within the genus Armina include:- Armina abbotti (Thompson, Cattaneo, & Wong, 1990)
- Armina adami (White, 1955)
- Armina aoteana (Miller & Willan, 1986)
- Armina babai (Tchang, 1934)
- Armina ballesterosi (Ortea, 1989)
- Armina bayeri (Marcus & Marcus, 1966)
- Armina californicaArmina californicaArmina californica is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Arminidae.This species occurs in the Eastern Pacific Ocean from Vancouver Island to Panama.-References:* SeaSlug info at: * Slugsite info at:...
(J.G. Cooper, 1863) - Armina capensis (Bergh, 1907)
- Armina cara (Marcus, 1971)
- Armina carneola (Lim & Chou, 1970)
- Armina columbiana (O'Donoghue, 1924)
- Armina comta (Bergh, 1880)
- Armina convolvula (Lance, 1962)
- Armina cordellensis (Gosliner & Behrens, 1996)
- Armina cuvieri (Orbigny, 1837)
- Armina cygnea (Bergh, 1876)
- Armina digueti (Pruvot-Fol, 1955)
- 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 loveni (Bergh, 1866)
- Armina maculataArmina maculataArmina maculata is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Arminidae.-Description:- References :*...
(Rafinesque, 1814) - Armina magna (Baba, 1955)
- Armina major (Baba, 1949)
- Armina microdonta (Bergh, 1907)
- Armina muelleri (Ihering, 1886)
- Armina natalensis (Bergh, 1866)
- Armina neapolitanaArmina neapolitanaArmina neapolitana is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Arminidae....
(delle Chiaje, 1824) - Armina papillata (Baba, 1933)
- Armina punctulata (Lin, 1990)
- Armina pustulosa (Schultz in Philippi, 1836)
- Armina semperiArmina semperiArmina semperi is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Arminidae.-Description:This species can be identified by the thin black and white ridges that run longitudinally down its back...
(Bergh, 1860) - Armina serrata (O'Donoghue, 1929)
- Armina taeniolata (Bergh, 1860)
- Armina tigrina (Rafinesque, 1814) : type species
- Armina tricuspidata (Thompson, Cattaneo, & Wong, 1990)
- Armina undulata (Meckel, 1823)
- Armina vancouverensis (Bergh, 1876)
- Armina variolosa (Bergh, 1904)
- Armina wattla (Marcus & Marcus, 1967)
- Armina xandra (Marcus & Marcus, 1966)
- Armina sp. Pierre's arminaPierre's arminaPierre's armina, Armina sp., as designated by Zsilavecz, 2007, is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Arminidae. This species remained undescribed by science as at November 2009.-Distribution:...