Carminodoris Explained

Carminodoris is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Discodorididae.

The genus Carminodoris was originally classified by Bergh in 1891 in the subfamily Platydorididae (despite the use of suffix -idea), a subfamily of the family Dorididae. In 1934 Alice Pruvot-Fol elevated this subfamily to its new status as family Latydorididae.^[1] In 2002 Valdés has given the name Discodorididae precedence over the name Platydorididae.^[2]

The Sea Slug Forum however classifies this genus in the family Dorididae.^[3]

Species

Species in the genus Carminodoris include:^[4]

• Carminodoris boucheti Ortea, 1979
• Carminodoris cockerelli Risbec, 1930
• Carminodoris mauritiana Bergh, 1889
• Carminodoris punctulifera (Bergh, 1907)
• Carminodoris spinobranchialis Ortea & Martínez, 1992

Synonyms:

• Carminodoris armata Baba, 1993 is a synonym of Hoplodoris armata.^[5]
• Carminodoris bifurcata Baba, 1993: synonym of Hoplodoris bifurcata Baba, 1993
• Carminodoris estrelyado (Gosliner & Behrens, 1998): synonym of Hoplodoris estrelyado Gosliner & Behrens, 1998
• Carminodoris flammea (Fahey & Gosliner, 2003): synonym of Hoplodoris flammea Fahey & Gosliner, 2003
• Carminodoris grandiflora (Pease, 1860): synonym of Hoplodoris grandiflora (Pease, 1860)
• Carminodoris mauritiana Bergh, 1880: synonym of Hoplodoris grandiflora (Pease, 1860).^[5]
• Carminodoris nodulosa (Angas, 1864):synonym of Hoplodoris bifurcata (Baba, 1993).^[5]

Notes and References

1. Pruvot-Fol A.. 1934. Les Opisthobranches de Quoy et Gaimard. Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle (Paris). ser 6. 11. 13–91. French. Alice Pruvot-Fol.
2. Valdés. A.. 2002. A phylogenetic analysis and systematic revision of the cryptobranch dorids (Mollusca, Nudibranchia, Anthobranchia). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 136. 4. 535–636. 10.1046/j.1096-3642.2002.00039.x. free. .
3. Web site: Carminodoris boucheti Ortea, 1979. the Sea Slug Forum.
4. Marshall, Bruce. 2020. 138357 . Carminodoris Bergh, 1889. Marine Mollusca.
5. Shireen J. Fahey . Terrence M. Gosliner . 23 October 2003. Mistaken identities: on the Discordoridae genera Hoplodoris and Carminodoris (Opsithobranchia: Nudibranchia) . 54 . 10. 169–208. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.