Polybranchia (gastropod)

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Polybranchia
Polybranchia orientalis.png
A live individual of Polybranchia orientalis , head end towards the top of the image
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
informal group Opisthobranchia
clade Sacoglossa
clade Plakobranchacea
Superfamily:
Plakobranchoidea
Family:
Hermaeidae
Genus:
Polybranchia

Pease, 1860 [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Branchophyllum Pruvot-Fol, 1947
  • Lobifera Pease, 1866 (Unnecessary substitute name for Polybranchia Pease, 1860)
  • Phyllobranchillus Pruvot-Fol, 1933
  • Phyllobranchus Alder & Hancock, 1864 (Invalid: junior homonym of Phyllobranchus Girard, 1851 [Annelida]; Phyllobranchillus and Branchophyllum are replacement names)

Polybranchia is a genus of sacoglossan sea slugs, shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Hermaeidae. [2]

Species

Species within the genus Polybranchia include: [2]

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References

  1. ↑ Pease W. H. (1860). Proc. zool. Soc. London28: 141.
  2. 1 2 3 WoRMS : Polybranchia accessed : 16 October 2022
  3. ↑ Rudman, W.B., (17 December 2001) "Polybranchia sp. 1". Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Accessed 14 January 2009.


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