Carminodoris
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| Carminodoris | |
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| Carminodoris grandiflora (a species within the genus) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Family: | Discodorididae |
| Genus: | Carminodoris Bergh, 1889[1] |
| Type species | |
| Carminodoris mauritiana Bergh, 1889 | |
Carminodoris is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Discodorididae.
The genus Carminodoris was originally classified by Bergh in 1891 in the subfamily Platydorididae (despite the use of the suffix -idea), a subfamily of the family Dorididae. In 1934 Alice Pruvot-Fol elevated this subfamily to its new status as the family Latydorididae.[2] In 2002 Valdés gave the name Discodorididae precedence over the name Platydorididae.[3]
The Sea Slug Forum however classifies this genus in the family Dorididae.[4]