Dexiarchia

The Dexiarchia are a suborder of sea slugs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs in the order Nudibranchia.^[1] This classification is based on the study by Schrödl et al., published in 2001, who recognized within this clade two clades Pseudoeuctenidiacea and Cladobranchia.^[2]

Dexiarchia
Close-up of anterior end of Janolus fuscus, family Proctonotidae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Nudibranchia
Clade:	Dexiarchia Schrödl et al., 2001
Clades
clade Pseudoeuctenidiacea clade Cladobranchia

Taxonomy

Clade Pseudoeuctenidiacea ( = Doridoxida)

• Superfamily Doridoxoidea
  • Family Doridoxidae

Clade Cladobranchia ( = Cladohepatica)

Contains the subclades Euarminida, Dendronotida and Aeolidida

• Not assigned to a superfamily (Metarminoidea)
  • Family Charcotiidae
  • Family Dironidae
  • Family Embletoniidae
  • Family Goniaeolididae
  • Family Heroidae
  • Family Madrellidae
  • Family Pinufiidae
  • Family Proctonotidae

Subclade Euarminida

• Superfamily Arminoidea
  • Family Arminidae
  • Family Doridomorphidae

Subclade Dendronotida

• Superfamily Tritonioidea
  • Family Tritoniidae
  • Family Aranucidae
  • Family Bornellidae
  • Family Dendronotidae
  • Family Dotidae
  • Family Hancockiidae
  • Family Lomanotidae
  • Family Phylliroidae
  • Family Scyllaeidae
  • Family Tethydidae

Subclade Aeolidida

• Superfamily Flabellinoidea ( = Pleuroprocta)
  • Family Flabellinidae
  • Family Notaeolidiidae
• Superfamily Fionoidea
  • Family Fionidae
  • Family Calmidae
  • Family Eubranchidae
  • Family Pseudovermidae
  • Family Tergipedidae
• Superfamily Aeolidioidea
  • Family Aeolidiidae
  • Family Facelinidae
  • Family Glaucidae
  • Family Piseinotecidae

References

1. Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2).
2. M. Schrödl; H. Wägele; R.C. Willan (2001). "Taxonomic rediscrioption of the Doridoxidae (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia), an enigmatic family of deep water nudibranchs with discussion of the basal nudibranch phylogeny". Zoologischer Anzeiger. 240: 83–97. doi:10.1078/0044-5231-00008.