Pneumodermatidae

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Pneumodermatidae
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Drawing of a larva of a species in the genus Pneumoderma
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Clade: Euopisthobranchia
Order: Pteropoda
Superfamily: Clionoidea
Family: Pneumodermatidae
(Latreille, 1825)
Genera

The Pneumodermatidae are a family of sea angels , or small floating predatory sea snails or sea slugs. They are pelagic marine heterobranch opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the clade Gymnosomata.

These small pelagic snails lack shells (except in their early embryonic stage). They are carnivores, equipped with swimming parapoda (fleshy, wing-like outgrowths), strong jaws, and grasping tentacles, often with suckers resembling those of cephalopods. [1]

Genera

Genera within the family Pneumodermatidae include:

Genus: Pneumoderma de Roissy, 1805

Genus: Pneumodermopsis Keferstein, 1862

Genus Schizobrachium Meisenheimer, 1903

Genus Spongiobranchaea d'Orbigny, 1836

Genus Abranchaea Zhan Fu-Sui, 1975

Genus Platybrachium Minichev, 1976

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References

  1. "Marine Species Identification Portal : Family Pneumodermatidae". species-identification.org. Retrieved 2020-03-24.