Limapontiidae

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Limapontiidae
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Ercolania kencolesi inside of Boergesenia cf. forbesii. Locality: Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef. The length of the slug is about 0.5 cm
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Superfamily: Plakobranchoidea
Family: Limapontiidae
Gray, 1847 [1]
Genera

See text.

Synonyms
  • Pontolimacidae Keferstein, 1863
  • Stiligeridae Iredale & O'Donoghue, 1923
  • Oleidae O'Donoghue, 1926
  • Alderiidae Pruvot-Fol, 1954
  • Ercolaniinae Schmekel & Portmann, 1982
  • Costasiellidae K. B. Clark, 1984

Limapontiidae is a taxonomic family of small to minute sacoglossan sea slugs. These are marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks. [2]

These sea slugs resemble nudibranchs, but are not closely related to them. Most of the species are green because of the green algae they eat and live on.

In the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005), the former family Stiligeridae is described as a synonym of the family Limapontiidae Gray, 1847, belonging to the superfamily Limapontioidea Jensen, 1996.

This family has no subfamilies.

Genera

The following genera belong to the family Limapontiidae: [3] [4]

Genera brought into synonymy

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Plakobranchidae</span> Family of gastropods

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<i>Stiliger</i> Genus of gastropods

Stiliger is a genus of small and minute sacoglossan or sap-sucking sea slugs. They are marine gastropod mollusks in the family Limapontiidae.

<i>Placida</i> Genus of gastropods

Placida is a genus of very small or minute sea slugs, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Limapontiidae.

<i>Elysia</i> (gastropod) Genus of gastropods

Elysia is a genus of sea slugs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Plakobranchidae. These animals are colorful sea slugs, and they can superficially resemble nudibranchs, but are not very closely related to them. Instead they are sacoglossans, commonly known as sap-sucking slugs.

<i>Placida dendritica</i> Species of gastropod

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hermaeidae</span> Family of gastropods

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<i>Costasiella</i> Genus of gastropods

Costasiella is a genus of sacoglossan sea slugs, a shell-less marine opisthobranchid gastropod mollusk in the family Costasiellidae.

<i>Costasiella kuroshimae</i> Species of mollusc (sea slug)

Costasiella kuroshimae—also known as a "leaf slug", or "leaf sheep"—is a species of sacoglossan sea slug. Costasiella kuroshimae are shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Costasiellidae. Despite being animals they indirectly perform photosynthesis, via kleptoplasty.

<i>Ercolania</i> Genus of gastropods

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<i>Hermaea</i> (gastropod) Genus of gastropods

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

Limapontia capitata is a species of sacoglossan sea slug, a shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Limapontiidae.

Calliopaea is a genus of sea slugs, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Limapontiidae. These are sacoglossan sea slugs.

References

  1. Gray J. E. (1847). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London15: 167.
  2. Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011). Limapontiidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=23063 on 2011-04-12
  3. Jensen K. R. (1996). "Phylogenetic systematics and classification of the Sacoglossa (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia)". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society London B Biological Sciences351(1335 ): 91-122. doi : 10.1098/rstb.1996.0006.
  4. Händeler, K.; Grzymbowski, Y. P.; Krug, P. J.; Wägele, H. (2009). "Functional chloroplasts in metazoan cells - a unique evolutionary strategy in animal life". Frontiers in Zoology . 6 (1): 28. doi: 10.1186/1742-9994-6-28 . PMC   2790442 . PMID   19951407.
  5. Swennen C. (31 August 2007). " Costasiella coronata , new species, and a revised diagnosis for the Family Costasiellidae (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia: Sacoglossa)". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 55(2) Archived 22 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine : 355-362. PDF
  6. Krug, P. J.; Wong, N. L. W.; Medina, M. R.; Gosliner, T. M.; Valdés, Á. A. (2018). "Cryptic speciation yields remarkable mimics: A new genus of sea slugs that masquerade as toxic algae (Caulerpa spp.)". Zoologica Scripta. 47 (6): 699–713. doi: 10.1111/zsc.12310 .