Pleurobranchaea

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Pleurobranchaea
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Pleurobranchaea bubala
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura

clade Pleurobranchomorpha
Superfamily:
Pleurobranchoidea
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]

Species brought into synonymy

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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.
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