Fionidae is a family of sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Fionoidea.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
| Superfamily: | Fionoidea |
| Family: | Fionidae Gray, 1857 |
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Taxonomic history edit
This family was expanded to include Tergipedidae, Eubranchidae and Calmidae as a result of a molecular phylogenetics study.[2] This was reversed in 2017 with further DNA evidence and a re-interpretation of genus and family characteristics.[3]
Genera edit
Genera within the family Fionidae include:
- Fiona Alder & Hancock [in Forbes & Hanley], 1853
- Calma Alder & Hancock, 1855
- Cuthona Alder & Hancock, 1855
- Cuthonella Bergh, 1884
- Eubranchus Forbes, 1838
- Murmania Martynov, 2006
- Tenellia A. Costa, 1866
- Tergipes Cuvier, 1805
- Tergiposacca Cella, Carmona, Ekimova, Chichvarkhin, Schepetov & Gosliner, 2016
- Rubramoena Cella, Carmona, Ekimova, Chichvarkhin, Schepetov & Gosliner, 2016
- Abronica Cella, Carmona, Ekimova, Chichvarkhin, Schepetov & Gosliner, 2016
References edit
- ^ Bouchet, P. (2010). Fionidae. In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-12-17.
- ^ Cella, K; Carmona Barnosi, L.; Ekimova, I; Chichvarkhin, A; Schepetov, D; Gosliner, T. M. (2016). A radical solution: The phylogeny of the nudibranch family Fionidae. PLoS ONE. 11(12): e0167800.
- ^ 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.
External links edit
Media related to Fionidae at Wikimedia Commons
