Miamira

Miamira
A live individual of Miamira sinuata in situ, head end towards the right
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Chromodorididae
Genus: Miamira
Bergh, 1874
Type species
Miamira nobilis Bergh, 1874
Synonyms[1]

Orodoris Bergh, 1875

Miamira is a genus of colorful sea slugs, specifically dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Chromodorididae.[1]

Species

This genus includes the following species:

Species brought into synonymy 
  • Miamira nobilis Bergh, 1874: synonym of Miamira sinuata (van Hasselt, 1824)

References

  1. 1 2 Bouchet, P.; Caballer, M. (2012). Miamira. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=567581 on 2012-07-21
  • Johnson R.F. (2011) Breaking family ties: taxon sampling and molecular phylogeny of chromodorid nudibranchs (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Zoologica Scripta 40(2): 137-157. page(s): 139


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