Dexiarchia

Dexiarchia

Dexiarchia

Suborder of gastropods

The Dexiarchia are a suborder of sea slugs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs in the order Nudibranchia.[1] This classification is based on the study by Schrödl et al., published in 2001, who recognized within this clade two clades Pseudoeuctenidiacea and Cladobranchia.[2]

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Taxonomy

Clade Pseudoeuctenidiacea ( = Doridoxida)

Clade Cladobranchia ( = Cladohepatica)

Contains the subclades Euarminida, Dendronotida and Aeolidida

Subclade Euarminida

Subclade Dendronotida

Subclade Aeolidida

References

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  1. [1]
    Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).
  2. [2]
    M. Schrödl; H. Wägele; R.C. Willan (2001). "Taxonomic rediscrioption of the Doridoxidae (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia), an enigmatic family of deep water nudibranchs with discussion of the basal nudibranch phylogeny". Zoologischer Anzeiger. 240: 83–97. doi:10.1078/0044-5231-00008.


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