Arminidae is a family

Family (biology)

In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...

 of sea slugs, 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 superfamily Arminoidea

Arminoidea

Arminoidea is a superfamily of small sea slugs, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Nudibranchia.Arminoidea is the only superfamily in the clade Euarminida.-Families :A study, published in 2000, has demonstrated that Arminoidea is paraphyletic....

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Taxonomy

The Arminidae family is classified within the clade Cladobranchia

Cladobranchia

The Cladobranchia are a taxonomic clade of nudibranch sea snails or slugs, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Dexiarchia.-Taxonomy:**Family Charcotiidae**Family Dironidae**Family Dotidae**Family Embletoniidae**Family Goniaeolididae**Family Heroidae...

, itself belonging to the clade Nudibranchia (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005

Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005)

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This family has been renamed several times. It was originally named by d'Orbigny

Alcide d'Orbigny

Alcide Charles Victor Marie Dessalines d'Orbigny was a French naturalist who made major contributions in many areas, including zoology , palaeontology, geology, archaeology and anthropology....

 in 1841 as Diphyllidiidae, by H. Adams and A. Adams as Pleurophyllidiidae in 1854, by Bergh as Pleuroleuridae in 1874, by Verrill

Addison Emery Verrill

Addison Emery Verrill was an American zoologist. He was a student of Louis Agassiz at Harvard University and graduated in 1862...

 and Emerton as Heterodorididae in 1882, by P. Fischer as Dermatobranchidae in 1883 and as Atthilidae by Bergh in 1899. The name Arminidae is now in prevailing usage.

Genera

The type genus

Type genus

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 is Armina

Armina

Armina is a genus of sea slugs, specifically nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Arminidae.- Species :Species within the genus Armina include:*Armina abbotti...

Rafinesque, 1814

Genera in the family Arminidae include:

• Armina
  Armina
  Armina is a genus of sea slugs, specifically nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Arminidae.- Species :Species within the genus Armina include:*Armina abbotti...
  
  Rafinesque, 1814
• Dermatobranchus
  Dermatobranchus
  Dermatobranchus is a genus of sea slugs, or nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Arminidae.- Species :Species within the genus Dermatobranchus include:* Dermatobranchus albus...
  
  van Hasselt, 1824
• Histiomena Mörch, 1860
• Heterodoris Verrill & Emerton, 1882 . This is a genus, only known from a few specimens
  • Heterodoris antipodes Willan, 1981 (Tasman Sea)
  • Heterodoris ingolfiana (south of Iceland)
  • Heterodoris robusta Verrill & Emerton, 1882 (North Atlantic Ocean, Arctic Ocean)
• Linguella Férussac, 1822
• Pleurophyllidiella Eliot, 1903
• Pleurophyllidiopsis Tchang-Si, 1934
• Sancara

Species brought into synonymy :

• Camarga : synonym of Histiomena Mörch, 1860
• Diphyllidia : synonym of Armina Rafinesque, 1814
• Pleuroleura : synonym of Dermatobranchus van Hasselt, 1824
• Pleurophyllidia : synonym of Armina Rafinesque, 1814