Myrrhinidae

The Myrrhinidae are a taxonomic family of colourful sea slugs. These are specifically aeolid nudibranchs. They are marine gastropod molluscs.^[1]

Myrrhinidae
Phyllodesmium briareum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Nudibranchia
Suborder:	Cladobranchia
Superfamily:	Aeolidioidea
Family:	Myrrhinidae Bergh, 1905

Taxonomy

DNA studies found the Facelinidae to be polyphyletic and this family was brought back into use to partially resolve that situation.^[2]

Genera

Genera within the family Myrrhinidae include:

• Dondice Er. Marcus, 1958
• Godiva Macnae, 1954
• Hermissenda Bergh, 1879
• Nanuca Er. Marcus, 1957
• Nemesignis Furfaro & Mariottini, 2021
• Phyllodesmium Ehrenberg, 1831 (1828)

Synonyms

• Nemesis Furfaro & Mariottini, 2021: synonym of Nemesignis Furfaro & Mariottini, 2021 (invalid: junior homonym of Nemesis Risso, 1826 [Crustacea]; Nemesignis is a replacement name)