Pleurobranchus forskalii

Pleurobranchus forskalii
a live specimen of Pleurobranchus forskalii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Pleurobranchomorpha

Superfamily: Pleurobranchoidea
Family: Pleurobranchidae
Subfamily: Pleurobranchinae
Tribe: Pleurobranchini
Genus: Pleurobranchus
Species: P. forskalii
Binomial name
Pleurobranchus forskalii
Rueppell & Leuckart, 1831
Synonyms

Pleurobranchus forskali

Pleurobranchus forskalii is a species of notoaspidean sea slug, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pleurobranchidae.[1]

The specific name was coined in honor of Peter Forsskål.

Distribution

References

  1. ^ a b c d Gofas, S. (2009). Pleurobranchus forskalii (Rüppell & Leuckart, 1831). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2009) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140819 on 2010-05-18