Armina
Armina loveni is known to prey on pennatulacean octocorals, consuming the polyps of these colonial animals.
| Armina | |
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| Armina neapolitana | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
| Family: | Arminidae |
| Genus: | (Rafinesque, 1814) |
| Type species | |
| Armina tigrina Rafinesque, 1814 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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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 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 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 occulta Mehrotra, Caballer & Chavanich, 2017
- Armina papillata (Baba, 1933)
- Armina paucifoliata Baba, 1955
- Armina punctilopsis Lin, 1992
- Armina punctilucens (Bergh, 1874)
- Armina punctulata (Lin, 1990)
- Armina rubida (A. Gould, 1852)
- Armina scotti Mehrotra, Caballer & Chavanich, 2017
- Armina semperi (Bergh, 1861)
- Armina serrata (O'Donoghue, 1929)
- Armina simoniana (Thiele, 1925)
- 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 henneguyi (Labbé, 1922): synonym of Pleurophyllidia henneguyi Labbé, 1922 (taxon inquirendum)
- Armina mulleri (Ihering, 1886): synonym of Armina muelleri (Ihering, 1886)
- Armina paucidentata (O'Donoghue, 1932): synonym of Pleurophyllidiella paucidentata O'Donoghue, 1932
- Armina pustulosa (Schultz in Philippi, 1836): synonym of Armina maculata Rafinesque, 1814
- Armina vancouverensis (Bergh, 1876): synonym of Armina californica (J. G. Cooper, 1863)
References
- [5]
- Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). ISBN 0-915826-22-4. 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
- ^ a b 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
- ^ "The Sea Slug Forum - Species List". www.seaslugforum.net. Archived from the original on 28 December 2009. Retrieved 6 January 2009.
- ^ 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. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.mollus.a065115.
- ^ ZSILAVECZ, G. 2007. Nudibranchs of the Cape Peninsula and False Bay. ISBN 0-620-38054-3
- ^ Thompson, T. E. (1981). "Taxonomy of the genus *Armina* (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia) with descriptions of two new species". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 47 (2): 149–171.
- 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
External links
- SEM images of the radula can be found at Thompson, T.E.; Bebbington, A. (1973). "Scanning electron microscope studies of gastropod radulae". Malacologia. 14: 147–165.
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