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Nudibranchia 
AphiaID: 1762

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Heterobranchia (Subclass) > Opisthobranchia (Infraclass)
Authority Cuvier, 1817
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Order
Parent Opisthobranchia
Sources  additional source: An outline for the classification of Phylum Mollusca in taxonomic databases [report elaborated by WoRMS editors for internal use, june 2010] [details] [full text]

additional source: McDonald G. (2009) Bibliographia Nudibranchia. 2nd Online Edition, Annotated. 1072 pp. , available online at http://escholarship.org/uc/item/8115h0wz [details]

status source: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2005) Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia 47(1-2): 1-397. [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
Dutch naaktkieuwige zeenaaktslakken  [details]
English nudibranch  [details]
Swedish nakensnäckor  [details]
Direct child
taxa		 Suborder Dexiarchia
Suborder Euctenidiacea

Suborder Dendronotina accepted as Dendronotida
Environment marine
Feedingtypes  omnivore [details]
predator [details]
scavenger [details]
Links To GenBank
To Wikipedia
To ITIS
Note  Classification: Nudipleura (clade; this is [Pleurobranchiomorpha + the nudibranchs]) is skipped because (1) we are already short of ranks at this level of the tree and (2) it is useful to keep such a well-known name as Nudibranchia at its traditional Order level, as long as it is tenable. The concept of Nudipleura is nevertheless correct and has been given strong support by Grande et al. (2004) against the traditional grouping Notaspidea = [Umbraculida + Pleurobranchiomorpha] permanently ruled out).
Based on molecular data (Grande et al., 2004), the Nudibranchia were challenged to be a polyphyletic group, with Pleurobranchomorpha being the sister to the Anthobranchia. Conversely, Wägele & Willan (2000) found strong morphological evidence for the monophyly of Nudibranchia. Four years later, there does not seem to be any additional evidence that Nudibranchia are not monophyletic so they are retained as a valid taxon until convincingly challenged. [details]
Images 
Sea-floor 77 m of depth
Sea-floor 77 m of depth
added on 2007-05-14 - author: Martin Rauschert
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Nudibranchia
Nudibranchia
added on 2011-02-01 - author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Moira Galbraith ()
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Nudibranchia
Nudibranchia
added on 2011-02-01 - author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Moira Galbraith ()
qualitystatus: not checked

Nudibranch
Nudibranch
added on 2012-04-04 - author: Areamare Sicily (2004) ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1762
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  db_admin
2009-02-03 09:16:23Z  changed  Gofas, Serge
2009-08-14 09:49:04Z  changed  db_admin
2009-08-31 21:06:10Z  changed  Gofas, Serge
  
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  Citation: Gofas, S. (2013). Nudibranchia. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1762 on 2013-05-23
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