Pleurobranchaea

Pleurobranchaea
Pleurobranchaea bubala
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Pleurobranchida
Family:	Pleurobranchaeidae
Genus:	Pleurobranchaea
Synonyms
KoonsiaVerrill, 1882 MacfarlandaeaEv. Marcus & Gosliner, 1984 PleurobranchidiumLeue, 1813 PleurobranchillusBergh, 1892

Pleurobranchaea is a genus of sea slugs, specifically sidegill slugs or notaspideans. These are marine gastropod molluscs in the family Pleurobranchaeidae. The genus is differentiated from other sidegill slugs by its rhinophores, which are well separated, rather than being joined under the notum. ^[1] This genus has recently been coined sea owls which is the common name in Japanese for Pleurobranchaea japonica.

Species

Species in the genus Pleurobranchaea include: ^{[2] [3]}

• Pleurobranchaea agassizii R. Bergh, 1897
• Pleurobranchaea augusta Ev. Marcus & Gosliner, 1984
• Pleurobranchaea britannica Turani, Carmona, Barry, Close, Bullimore & Cervera, 2024 ^[4]
• Pleurobranchaea brockii Bergh, 1897
• Pleurobranchaea bubala Marcus and Gosliner, 1984
• Pleurobranchaea californica MacFarland, 1966
• Pleurobranchaea catherinae Dayrat, 2001
• Pleurobranchaea gela Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1966
• Pleurobranchaea inconspicua Bergh, 1897
• Pleurobranchaea japonica J. Thiele, 1925
• Pleurobranchaea maculata (Quoy and Gaimard, 1832)
• Pleurobranchaea meckeli (Blainville, 1825)
• Pleurobranchaea morosa (Bergh, 1892)
• Pleurobranchaea obesa (A. E. Verrill, 1882)
• Pleurobranchaea spiroporphyra Alvim, Simone & Pimenta, 2014
• Pleurobranchaea tarda A. E. Verrill, 1880

Species brought into synonymy

• Pleurobranchaea bonnieae Ev. Marcus and Gosliner, 1984 : synonym of Pleurobranchaea inconspicuaBergh, 1897
• Pleurobranchaea chiajeiLocard, 1886: synonym of Pleurobranchaea meckeli(Blainville, 1825)
• Pleurobranchaea confusaEv. Marcus & Gosliner, 1984: synonym of Pleurobranchaea obesa(A. E. Verrill, 1882)
• Pleurobranchaea dellechiaiiVérany, 1846: synonym of Pleurobranchaea meckeli(Blainville, 1825)
• Pleurobranchaea geminiMacnae, 1962: synonym of Pleurobranchaea brockiiBergh, 1897
• Pleurobranchaea hamvaEr. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1955: synonym of Pleurobranchaea inconspicuaBergh, 1897
• Pleurobranchaea hedgpethiAbbott, 1952: synonym of Pleurobranchaea inconspicuaBergh, 1897
• Pleurobranchaea notmecEv. Marcus & Gosliner, 1984: synonym of Pleurobranchaea meckeli(Blainville, 1825)
• Pleurobranchaea novaezealandiaeCheeseman, 1878: synonym of Pleurobranchaea maculata(Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
• Pleurobranchaea vayssiereiEv. Marcus & Gosliner, 1984: synonym of Pleurobranchaea meckeli(Blainville, 1825)

References

1. Gosliner, T. M. (1987). Nudibranchs of Southern Africa. Sea Challengers. ISBN   0-930118-13-8.
2. http://www.seaslugforum.net/specieslist.cfm%5B%5D accessed 19 May 2009
3. http://www.catalogueoflife.org%5B%5D accessed 19 May 2009
4. Turani, Martina; Carmona, Leila; Barry, Peter J.; Close, Hayden L.; Bullimore, Ross; Cervera, Juan Lucas (2024-01-26). "First occurrence of the genus Pleurobranchaea Leue, 1813 (Pleurobranchida, Nudipleura, Heterobranchia) in British waters, with the description of a new species". Zoosystematics and Evolution. 100 (1): 49–59. doi: 10.3897/zse.100.113707 . ISSN   1860-0743.