Aeolidacea

Samla bicolor, copyright Steve Childs.

Belongs within: Ringipleura.
Contains: Fionoidea, Paracoryphellidae, Flabellinidae, Coryphellidae, Facelinidae, Aeolidiidae.

The Aeolidacea are a group of sea slugs characterised by the presence of dorsal cerata bearing a single cnidosac (Korshunova et al. 2017). The cnidosacs function to contain nematocysts sequestered from the cnidarians on which the sea slugs feed, allowing their use in the nudibranch's own defense.

<==Aeolidacea [Aeolidida, Aeolidiina, Eolidomorpha, Kladohepatica] KM17
    |  i. s.: Aeolis C64
    |           |--A. barbarensis C64
    |           `--A. coronata H04
    |         Kynaria Korshunova, Martynov et al. 2017 KM17
    |           `--*K. cynara (Marcus & Marcus 1967) [=Coryphella cynara] KM17
    |--+--+--Fionoidea KM17
    |  |  `--Abronica Cella et al. 2016 [Abronicidae] KM17
    |  |       `--A. abronia (MacFarland 1966) KM17
    |  `--+--Apataidae KM17
    |     |    |--Tularia Burn 1966 KM17
    |     |    |    `--T. bractea (Burn 1966) [=Cuthona bractea] KM17
    |     |    `--Apata Korshunova, Martynov et al. 2017 KM17
    |     |         `--*A. pricei (MacFarland 1966) [=Coryphella pricei, Flabellina pricei] KM17
    |     |              |--A. p. pricei KM17
    |     |              `--A. p. komandorica Korshunova, Martynov et al. 2017 KM17
    |     `--Samlidae KM17
    |          |--Luisella Korshunova, Martynov et al. 2017 KM17
    |          |    `--*L. babai (Schmekel 1972) [=Flabellina babai] KM17
    |          `--Samla Bergh 1900 KM17
    |               |--S. bicolor (Kelaart 1858) [=Eolis bicolor; incl. *S. annuligera Bergh 1900] KM17
    |               |--S. bilas (Gosliner & Willan 1991) [=Flabellina bilas] KM17
    |               |--S. macassarana (Bergh 1905) [=Flabellina macassarana] KM17
    |               |--S. riwo (Gosliner & Willan 1991) [=Flabellina riwo] KM17
    |               |--S. rubropurpurata (Gosliner & Willan 1991) [=Flabellina rubropurpurata] KM17
    |               |--S. takashigei Korshunova, Martynov et al. 2017 KM17
    |               `--S. telja (Marcus & Marcus 1967) [=Flabellina telja] KM17
    `--+--+--Flabellinopsidae KM17
       |  |    |--Flabellinopsis MacFarland 1966 KM17
       |  |    |    `--*F. iodinea (Cooper 1863) [=Aeolis (Phidiana) iodinea, Flabellina iodinea] KM17
       |  |    `--Baenopsis Korshunova, Martynov et al. 2017 KM17
       |  |         `--*B. baetica (Garcia-Gomez 1984) [=Flabellina baetica] KM17
       |  `--Flabellinoidea [Pleuroprocta] BR17
       |       |  i. s.: Cumanotus Odhner 1907 BR05 [Cumanotidae KM17, Cumanotinae]
       |       |           `--*C. laticeps Odhner 1907 BR17
       |       |--Notaeolidia Eliot 1905 BR05 [Notaeolidiidae BR17]
       |       |    |--*N. gigas Eliot 1905 BR17
       |       |    `--N. depressa Eliot 1905 KM17
       |       `--+--Paracoryphellidae KM17
       |          `--+--Flabellinidae KM17
       |             `--Coryphellidae KM17
       `--Aeolidioidea [Cleioprocta, Cleioproctoidea] BR17
            |  i. s.: Glaucidae [Glaucina, Glaucinae, Pleuropia, Pleuropinae, Pleuropodia] BR05
            |           |--Paralus Rafinesque 1815 O06
            |           `--Glaucus Forster 1777 [=Pleuropus Rafinesque 1815] BR05
            |                |--*G. atlanticus Forster 1777 [=*Pleuropus atlanticus] BR05
            |                `--G. hexapterygius G20
            |--Unidentiidae [Unidentidae] KM17
            |    |--Pacifia Korshunova, Martynov et al. 2017 KM17
            |    |    |--*P. amica Korshunova, Martynov et al. 2017 KM17
            |    |    `--P. goddardi (Gosliner 2010) [=Flabellina goddardi] KM17
            |    `--Unidentia Millen & Hermosillo 2012 KM17
            |         |--*U. angelvaldesi Millen & Hermosillo 2012 KM17
            |         |--U. nihonrossija Korshunova, Martynov et al. 2017 KM17
            |         `--U. sandramillenae Korshunova, Martynov et al. 2017 KM17
            `--+--Facelinidae KM17
               `--+--Pleurolidiidae KM17
                  |    |--Pleurolidia Burn 1966 BR05
                  |    |    `--*P. juliae Burn 1966 BR17
                  |    `--Protaeolidiella Baba 1955 KM17, BR05 [Protaeolidiellidae]
                  |         `--P. atra Baba 1955 KM17
                  `--+--Aeolidiidae KM17
                     `--Babakina Roller 1973 KM17, BR05 (see below for synonymy)
                          |--*B. festiva (Roller 1972) [=*Babaina festiva] BR17
                          |--B. anadoni (Ortea 1979) KM17
                          `--B. indopacifica Gosliner, Gonzalez-Duarte & Cervera 2007 KM17

Babakina Roller 1973 KM17, BR05 [=Babaina Roller 1972 non Odhner in Franc 1968 BR05; Babainidae, Babakinidae, Babakininae]

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[BR05] Bouchet, P., & J.-P. Rocroi. 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia 47 (1–2): 1–397.

[BR17] Bouchet, P., J.-P. Rocroi, B. Hausdorf, A. Kaim, Y. Kano, A. Nützel, P. Parkhaev, M. Schrödl & E. E. Strong. 2017. Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia 61 (1–2): 1–526.

[C64] Carpenter, P. P. 1864. Supplementary report on the present state of our knowledge with regard to the Mollusca of the west coast of North America. Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 33: 517–686.

[G20] Goldfuss, G. A. 1820. Handbuch der Naturgeschichte vol. 3. Handbuch der Zoologie pt 1. Johann Leonhard Schrag: Nürnberg.

[H04] Haeckel, E. 1899–1904. Kunstformen der Natur. Bibliographisches Institut: Leipzig und Wien.

[KM17] Korshunova, T., A. Martynov, T. Bakken, J. Evertsen, K. Fletcher, I. W. Mudianta, H. Saito, K. Lundin, M. Schrödl & B. Picton. 2017. Polyphyly of the traditional family Flabellinidae affects a major group of Nudibranchia: aeolidacean taxonomic reassessment with descriptions of several new families, genera, and species (Mollusca, Gastropoda). ZooKeys 717: 1–139.

[O06] Özdikmen, H. 2006. Nomenclatural changes for some Laniatores (Opiliones) genera: new substitute names and new combinations. Mun. Ent. Zool. 1 (1): 63–68.

Last updated: 26 August 2021.