Pleurobranchus
The genus Pleurobranchus belongs to the family Pleurobranchidae and is one of the genera of sidegill slugs, which are a type of large sea slug. They are marine gastropod molluscs.
Species
Known species in the genus include the following:
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- Pleurobranchus areolatus Mörch, 1863 Atlantic sidegill slug
- Pleurobranchus albiguttatus
- Pleurobranchus atlanticus R.T. Abbott, 1949 (possibly a synonym of synonym of P. albiguttatus)
- Pleurobranchus delicatus
- Pleurobranchus emys Ev. Marcus, 1984
- Pleurobranchus evelinae T. E. Thompson, 1977
- Pleurobranchus forskalii Rueppell & Leuckart, 1830
- Pleurobranchus garciagomezi Cervera, J.L., Cattaneo-Vietti & M. Edmunds, 1996 [1]
- Pleurobranchus gigas Sawaya & Grempel, 1972
- Pleurobranchus grandis W.H. Pease, 1868 [2]
- Pleurobranchus hilli Hedley, 1894
- Pleurobranchus hirasei K. Bába, 1971 [3] (possibly a synonym of P. peroni)
- Pleurobranchus iouspi Ev. Marcus, 1984
- Pleurobranchus lacteus Dall & C.T. Simpson, 1901
- Pleurobranchus mamillatus Quoy and Gaimard, 1832
- Pleurobranchus membranaceus Montagu, 1815
- Pleurobranchus niveus A. E. Verrill, 1901
- Pleurobranchus peroni Cuvier, 1804
- Pleurobranchus reesi K. White, 1952 (nomen dubium)
- Pleurobranchus stringi Mcfarland, 1966
- Pleurobranchus testudinarius Cantraine, 1835
- Pleurobranchus weberi
- Pleurobranchus xhosa Macnae, 1962 (possibly a juvenile form of P. peroni)
References
- ^ Fontes, J., Tempera, F. & Wirtz, P. 2001. On some interesting opisthobranchs (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from the Azores. Arquipélago. Life and Marine Sciences, 18A: 85-87
- ^ Pease, W.H. (1868). Descriptions of marine Gasteropodae, inhabiting Polynesia. American Journal of Conchology, 4(2): 71-80, Pls. 7-10.
- ^ Baba, K. (1971) Pleurobranchus hirasei n.sp., Proposed for a mollusc formerly known as Oscanius testudinarius: Hirase, 1927, from Japan (Opisthobranchia: Notaspidea). Venus, The Japanese Journal of Malacology, 30(1): 23-28,Pl.3.
- SEM images of its radula can be found at Thompson; Bebbington (1973). Malacologia 14: 147–165. .