Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Euthyneura > Subterclass Ringipleura > Superorder Nudipleura > Order Nudibranchia > Suborder Cladobranchia > Superfamily Arminoidea > Family Arminidae > Genus Armina

Armina maculata Rafinesque, 1814

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Armina*	Rafinesque, 1814	accepted genus name
*Diphyllidia*	Blainville, 1819	synonym
*Linguella*	Blainville, 1823	synonym
*Pleurophyllidia*	Meckel, 1816	synonym
*Sancara*	Bergh, 1861	synonym

Species group names

*Diphyllidia ocellata*	Deshayes, 1838	synonym
*Diphyllidia pustulosa*	R. A. Philippi, 1836	synonym
*Diphyllidia verrucosa*	Cantraine, 1835	synonym

Literature

original description	Rafinesque, C.S. (1814). Précis des découvertes et travaux somiologiques de Mr. C.S. Rafinesque-Schmaltz entre 1800 et 1814; ou choix raisonné de ses principales découvertes en zoologie et en botanique, pour servir d'introduction à ses ouvrages futurs. [Summary of the discoveries and somiological works of Mr. C.S. Rafinesque-Schmaltz between 1800 and 1814; or reasoned selection of his principal discoveries in zoology and botany, to serve as an introduction to his future works.]. Palerme. :1-55.
basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	Ortea J., Moro L., Bacallado J.J., Sanchez J.J., Telle A. & Herrero R. (2009) Nuevas aportaciones al inventario de las babosas marinas del archipiélago canario (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia y Sacoglossa). Vieraea 37: 105-117.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Armina maculata Rafinesque, 1814. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138805