Eubranchidae is a family of nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs or sea slugs, within the superfamily Fionoidea.[2] They are the only known fionoid family with a triserial radula, this is, its central teeth are flanked by one longitudinal row of lateral teeth on each side.[3]
| Eubranchidae | |
|---|---|
| From left to right in each row, from top to bottom: Annulorhina mandapamensis, Eubranchus tricolor, Capellinia vittata, Longibranchus putnami | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Aeolidacea |
| Superfamily: | Fionoidea |
| Family: | Eubranchidae Odhner, 1934[1] |
| Genera | |
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See genera | |
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Taxonomic history
editIn 2016, a molecular phylogenetics study by Cella and colleagues placed various fionoid taxa in the family Fionidae.[4] In 2017, Korshunova and colleagues resintated several of these lumped families due to their considerable morphological and molecular pattern differences from each other. Differences, such as the tricerial radula unique to Eubranchidae among fionoids, the authors argue should grant the usage of more narrowly-defined families.[5][3]
Genera
editGenera within the family Eubranchidae include:[2][3]
- Aenigmastyletus Martynov, 1998
- Amphorina Quatrefages, 1844
- Annulorhina K. P. Rao, 1968
- Capellinia Trinchese, 1873
- Corruptobranchus Martynov & Korshunova, 2025
- Dunga|Dunga (gastropod) | Dunga Eliot, 1902
- Eubranchopsis Baba, 1949
- Eubranchulus Martynov & Korshunova, 2025
- Eubranchus Forbes, 1838
- Galvinella Eliot, 1907
- Karavellia Martynov & Korshunova, 2025
- Leostyletus Martynov, 1998
- Longibranchus Martynov & Korshunova, 2025
- Nihonbranchus Martynov & Korshunova, 2025
- Nudibranchus Martynov, 1998
- Produnga Martynov, 1998
References
edit- ↑ Odhner, N. H. 1934. The Nudibranchiata. British Antarctic (“Terra Nova”) Expedition, 1910. British Museum (Natural History) Natural History Report, Zoology 7(5):229-310, pls. 1-3.
- 1 2 Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Eubranchidae Odhner, 1934". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2026-03-14.
- 1 2 3 Korshunova, Tatiana; Fletcher, Karin; Martynov, Alexander (2025-08-01). "The endless forms are the most differentiated—how taxonomic pseudo-optimization masked natural diversity and evolution: the nudibranch case". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 204 (4). doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf057. ISSN 0024-4082.
- ↑ 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, Tatiana; Martynov, Alexander; Picton, Bernard (2017-09-26). "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): 1–22. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4324.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334.