Charcotiidae

Charcotiidae
Leminda millecra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Nudipleura
Order:	Nudibranchia
(unranked):	clade Dexiarchia clade Cladobranchia
Superfamily:	Metarminoidea
Family:	Charcotiidae Odhner, 1926
Genera
Charcotia Leminda Pseudotritonia
Synonyms[1]
Lemindidae Griffiths, 1985

Charcotiidae is a small family of sea slugs, nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs, in the clade Euthyneura. There are no subfamilies in Charcotiidae. ^[2]

Description

The Charcotiidae are a small family of nudibranchs with representatives in the Southern Ocean including South Africa.^[3]

Genera

Genera and species within the family Charcotiidae include:^[1]

• Charcotia Vayssière, 1906
  • Charcotia granulosa Vayssière, 1906^[4]
• Leminda Griffiths, 1985
  • Leminda millecra Griffiths, 1985
• Pseudotritonia Thiele, 1912
  • Pseudotritonia antarctica (Odhner, 1934)
  • Pseudotritonia gracilidens Odhner, 1944
  • Pseudotritonia quadrangularis Thiele, 1912

Names brought into synonymy:

• Telarma Odhner, 1934 synonym of Pseudotritonia Thiele, 1912

References

1. Bouchet, P. (2014). Charcotiidae Odhner, 1926. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196893 on 2015-02-15
2. Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia 47 (1–2).
3. Wägele, H. (1991) Studies on the morphology and anatomy of the Antarctic nudibranch genera Pseudotritonia Thiele, 1912 and Telarma Odhner, 1934 with a discussion of the family Charcotiidae Odhner, 1926 (Nudibranchia: Opisthobranchia). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 101: 359-389.
4. Rudman, W.B., 2007 (February 21) Charcotia granulosa (Vayssiere, 1906). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.