Rudmania
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| Rudmania | |
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| Rudmania purpurea | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Family: | Chromodorididae |
| Genus: | Rudmania J. P. G. Oliveira, Henryco, Ardila, Schrödl & Padula, 2025[1] |
| Type species | |
| Rudmania purpurea Risso, 1831 | |
Rudmania is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Chromodorididae.[2]
The genus Rudmania was established containing the species formerly included within the Felimida purpurea clade, a group of slugs within the polyphyletic genus Felimida that share an Atlantic distribution. Through a combination of species delimitation, molecular, and morphological analyses, the F. purpurea clade was identified and investigated, the results of which showed that the clade necessitated the distinction of its own genus.[1]
