Armina

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{{For|an Achaemenid province|Satrapy of Armenia}}

Armina loveni is known to prey on pennatulacean octocorals, consuming the polyps of these colonial animals.

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{{Automatic taxobox

| name = Armina

| image = Armina neapolitana.jpg

| image_caption = Armina neapolitana

| taxon = Armina

| authority = (Rafinesque, 1814)

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| synonyms =

  • Diphyllidia Blainville, 1819
  • Linguella Férussac, 1822
  • Pleurophyllidia Meckel, 1823
  • Sancara Bergh, 1860

| type_species= Armina tigrina Rafinesque, 1814

}}

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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

Species

Species within the genus Armina include:{{cite web |url=http://www.seaslugforum.net/specieslist.cfm |title= The Sea Slug Forum - Species List|website=www.seaslugforum.net |access-date=6 January 2009 |archive-date=28 December 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091228180914/http://www.seaslugforum.net/specieslist.cfm |url-status=dead }}{{title missing|date=May 2022}}

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;Species brought into synonymy:

References

  • {{cite journal |last=Thompson |first=T. E. |date=1981 |title=Taxonomy of the genus *Armina* (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia) with descriptions of two new species. |journal=Journal of Molluscan Studies |volume=47 |issue=2 |pages=149–171}}
  • Vaught, K.C. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne, FL (USA). {{ISBN|0-915826-22-4}}. 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

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  • 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
  • [http://repositories.cdlib.org/ims/Nudibranch_Systematic_Index Gary R. McDonald, University of California Santa Cruz; 29 July 2006, "Nudibranch Systematic Index", University of California Santa Cruz]
  • [https://books.google.com/books?id=HWafEqVbRa4C&pg=PA377 Miller M.C. & Willan R.C. 1986. A review of New Zealand arminacean nudibranchs (Opisthobranchia: Arminacea). New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 13: 377-408]