Family
Armina nudibranchs
Arminidae
- Species in the gallery
- 3
- Genera
- 1
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Description
Arminidae is a family of cladobranch nudibranchs (superfamily Arminoidea) with the genera Armina and Dermatobranchus. They occur in tropical and temperate seas worldwide, often burrowing in soft sand or mud; Armina species are found in the Mediterranean. Armina feeds mainly on sea pens and other soft corals, while Dermatobranchus species feed on soft corals and gorgonians.
Identification
Flattened, often elongate slugs with a firm mantle covered in fine longitudinal ridges; there are no cerata and no dorsal gill circlet. A broad oral veil covers the head, and the rhinophores emerge close together near the front of the mantle. Gill lamellae lie hidden under the mantle edge along the sides.
Genera
3 species
Sources (2)
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