Carminodoris is a genus

Genus

In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 of sea slug

Slug

Slug is a common name that is normally applied to any gastropod mollusc that lacks a shell, has a very reduced shell, or has a small internal shell...

s, dorid nudibranch

Nudibranch

A nudibranch is a member of what is now a taxonomic clade, and what was previously a suborder, of soft-bodied, marine gastropod mollusks which shed their shell after their larval stage. They are noted for their often extraordinary colors and striking forms...

s, shell-less marine

Marine (ocean)

Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...

 gastropod mollusks in the family Discodorididae

Discodorididae

Discodorididae is a taxonomic family of sea slugs, specifically dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Doridoidea. Species in this family belong to the cryptobranch dorid nudibranchs, i.e. they are able to retract their gills into a gill pocket . Most are small and hard to...

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The genus Carminodoris was originally classified by Bergh

Rudolph Bergh

Rudolph Bergh , full name Ludvig Sophus Rudolph Bergh, was a Danish physician and malacologist. He worked in Copenhagen....

 in 1891 in the subfamily Platydorididae (despite the use of suffix -idae), a subfamily of the family Dorididae. In 1934 Alice Pruvot-Fol

Alice Pruvot-Fol

Alice Pruvot-Fol was a French opisthobranch malacologist.She was the author of many new species, mostly described on the basis of preserved animals....

 elevated this subfamily to its new status as family Platydorididae. In 2002 Valdés has given the name Discodorididae precedence over the name Platydorididae.

The Sea Slug Forum however classifies this genus in the family Dorididae.

Species

Species in the genus Carminodoris include:

• Carminodoris boucheti Ortea, 1979
• Carminodoris spinobranchialis Ortea & Martínez, 1992

Synonyms:

• Carminodoris armata Baba, 1993 is a synonym of Hoplodoris armata.
• Carminodoris mauritiana Bergh, 1880 and Carminodoris grandiflora (Pease, 1860) are synonyms for Hoplodoris grandiflora (Pease, 1860).
• Carminodoris nodulosa and Carminodoris bifurcata are a synonym for Hoplodoris bifurcata (Baba, 1993).