Armina is a genus of sea slugs, specifically nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Arminidae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2012). Armina. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137677 on 2012-04-15
Armina loveni is known to prey on pennatulacean octocorals, consuming the polyps of these colonial animals.
Species Species within the genus Armina include:
Armina adami (White, 1955) Armina aoteana (Miller & Willan, 1986) Armina appendiculata Baba, 1949 Armina babai (Tchang, 1934) Armina ballesterosi (Ortea, 1989) Armina bayeri (Marcus & Marcus, 1966) Armina bilamella Lin, 1981 Armina californica (J.G. Cooper, 1863) Armina capensis (Bergh, 1907) Armina cara Marcus, 1971Marcus Ev. (1971). "ON SOME EUTHYNEURAN GASTROPODS FROM THE INDIAN AND PACIFIC OCEANS". Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 39(5): 355–369. page 355. . Armina carneola (Lim & Chou, 1970) Armina cinerea (Farran, 1905) Armina comta (Bergh, 1880) Armina cordellensis (Gosliner & Behrens, 1996) Armina cuvierii (Orbigny, 1837) Armina cygnea (Bergh, 1876) Armina elongata (Ardila & Valdes, 2004) Armina euchroa (Bergh, 1907) Armina formosa (Kelaart, 1858) Armina gilchristi (White, 1955) Armina grisea (O'Donoghue, 1929) Armina japonica (Eliot, 1913) Armina joia (Marcus & Marcus, 1966) Armina juliana (Ardila & Diaz, 2002) Armina liouvillei (Pruvot-Fol, 1953) Armina longicauda Lin, 1981 Armina loveni (Bergh, 1866) Armina maculata (Rafinesque, 1814) Armina magna (Baba, 1955) Armina major (Baba, 1949) Armina microdonta (Bergh, 1907) Armina muelleri (Ihering, 1886) Armina natalensis (Bergh, 1866) Armina neapolitana (delle Chiaje, 1824) Armina occulta Mehrotra, Caballer & Chavanich, 2017 Armina papillata (Baba, 1933) Armina paucifoliata Baba, 1955 Armina punctilopsis Lin, 1992 Armina punctilucens (Bergh, 1874) Armina punctulata (Lin, 1990) Armina rubida (A. Gould, 1852) Armina scotti Mehrotra, Caballer & Chavanich, 2017 Armina semperi (Bergh, 1861) Armina serrata (O'Donoghue, 1929) Armina simoniana (Thiele, 1925) Armina sinensis Lin, 1981 Armina taeniolata (Bergh, 1860) Armina tigrina (Rafinesque, 1814) : type species Armina tricuspidata (Thompson, Cattaneo, & Wong, 1990) Armina undulata (Meckel, 1823) Armina variolosa (Bergh, 1904) Armina wattla (Marcus & Marcus, 1967) Armina xandra (Marcus & Marcus, 1966) Armina sp. Pierre's arminaZSILAVECZ, G. 2007. Nudibranchs of the Cape Peninsula and False Bay.
Species brought into synonymy Armina abbotti (Thompson, Cattaneo, & Wong, 1990): synonym of Armina wattla Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967 Armina columbiana (O'Donoghue, 1924): synonym of Armina californica (J. G. Cooper, 1863) Armina convolvula Lance, 1962: synonym of Histiomena marginata (Oersted in Mørch, 1859) Armina digueti (Pruvot-Fol, 1955): synonym of Armina californica (J. G. Cooper, 1863) Armina henneguyi (Labbé, 1922): synonym of Pleurophyllidia henneguyi Labbé, 1922 (taxon inquirendum) Armina mulleri (Ihering, 1886): synonym of Armina muelleri (Ihering, 1886) Armina paucidentata (O'Donoghue, 1932): synonym of Pleurophyllidiella paucidentata O'Donoghue, 1932 Armina pustulosa (Schultz in Philippi, 1836): synonym of Armina maculata Rafinesque, 1814 Armina vancouverensis (Bergh, 1876): synonym of Armina californica (J. G. Cooper, 1863)
References
Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). . XII, 195 pp. Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
https://web.archive.org/web/20110718215743/http://folk.ntnu.no/vmzotbak/nudibranchia/arminidae/armina_loveni.htm accessed 9 November 2009 http://www.catalogueoflife.org/ accessed 9 November 2009 Gary R. McDonald, University of California Santa Cruz; 29 July 2006, "Nudibranch Systematic Index", University of California Santa Cruz Miller M.C. & Willan R.C. 1986. A review of New Zealand arminacean nudibranchs (Opisthobranchia: Arminacea). New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 13: 377-408
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