Opisthobranchia
(opisthobranchs)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
ACOCHLIDIACEA
an order of marine gastropods
Order 1 ident. refs
ANASPIDEA
an order of molluscs
Order 1 subtaxa 12 images 1 ident. refs
AKEROIDEA
a superfamily of molluscs
Superfamily 1 subtaxa 12 images 1 ident. refs
AKERIDAE
a family of marine aplysiomorph gastropods
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 		Family 1 subtaxa 12 images 1 ident. refs
APLYSIOMORPHA
a suborder of sea hares
Suborder 1 ident. refs
BULLOMORPHA
a suborder of marine gastropods
Suborder 1 ident. refs
NUDIBRANCHIA
sea slugs
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 		Order 15 subtaxa 246 images 10 ident. refs
PLEUROBRANCHOMORPHA
an order of marine gastropods
Order 1 subtaxa 10 images 1 ident. refs
PLEUROBRANCHOIDEA
a superfamily of molluscs
Superfamily 1 subtaxa 10 images
PLEUROBRANCHIDAE
a family of marine gastropods
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 		Family 1 subtaxa 10 images
RUNCINACEA
a superfamily of molluscs
Order 1 subtaxa 30 images
RUNCINOIDEA
a superfamily of molluscs
Superfamily 1 subtaxa 30 images
RUNCINIDAE
a family of marine gastropods
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 		Family 1 subtaxa 30 images
SACOGLOSSA
an order of marine gastropods
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 		Order 4 subtaxa 119 images 1 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
InfraclassOpisthobranchia (opisthobranchs)
SubclassHETEROBRANCHIA (a subclass of molluscs)
ClassGASTROPODA (slugs and snails)
PhylumMOLLUSCA (slugs, snails, bivalves, octopus, sea slugs)
SuperphylumLOPHOTROCHOZOA (molluscs and relatives)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Anderson, J. Scottish Nudibranchs www.scottishnudibranchs.co.uk
() Conchological Society of Great Britain and Ireland Marine Slugs www.conchsoc.org/groupbrowser/Marine%20slug
Mugga Ekonomisk Förening Mugga www.mugga.se
Pruvot-fol, A. 1954 *** Mollusques Opisthobranches ***(Superseded) Faune de France, Faune No 58, 460pp, Fédération Française des Sociétés de Science Naturel
in the field() Thompson, T.E. & Brown, G.H. 1976 *** British Opisthobranch Molluscs ***(Superseded) Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series), 8, 203pp, The Linnean Society of London
Thompson, T.E. 1988 Molluscs: Benthic Opisthobranchs (2nd ed) Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series), 9, 2nd edition edition, The Linnean Society of London

Opisthobranchia (opisthobranchs) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Opisthobranchia (opisthobranchs)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Opisthobranchia (opisthobranchs)
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