Babakina is a genus of aeolid nudibranchs and the only member of the family Babakinidae. The genus is named after the Japanese malacologist Kikutaro Baba (1905-2001).
Taxonomy Babakina was placed in the subfamily Babakininae within the family Flabellinidae in the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, (2005). Babakina is the type genus of the subfamily Babakininae.
Gosliner et al. (2007) have elevated Babakinidae to the family level with the only genus Babakina.
Species There are four species within the genus Babakina:Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011). Babakina Roller, 1973. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=181255 on 2012-06-03 Babakina anadoni (Ortea, 1979) Babakina caprinsulensis (Miller, 1974) Babakina festiva (Roller, 1972) - type species Babakina indopacifica Gosliner, Gonzáles-Duarte & Cervera, 2007Gosliner T. M., Gonzáles-Duarte M. M. & Cervera J. L. (2007). "Revision of the systematics of Babakina Roller, 1973 (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia) with the description of a new species and a phylogenetic analysis". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 151(4): 671–689. . In 2022, Babakina anadoni was found off the coast of the Isles of Scilly. Previously this rare 2 cm long species was only known from a handful of specimens found along the west coast of Spain and further south in the Atlantic.
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