Polybranchia (gastropod)

Polybranchia

Polybranchia orientalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia informal group Opisthobranchia clade Sacoglossa clade Placobranchacea
Superfamily:	Limapontioidea
Family:	Caliphyllidae
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 Caliphyllidae.^[2]

Species

Species within the genus Polybranchia include:^[2]

Polybranchia borgninii (Trinchese, 1896)
Polybranchia orientalis (Kelaart, 1858)
Polybranchia pallens (Burn, 1957)
Polybranchia papillosa (Pease, 1866)
Polybranchia pellucida Pease, 1860
Polybranchia prasinus (Bergh, 1871)
Polybranchia viridis (Deshayes, 1857)
Polybranchia westralis Jensen, 1993
Polybranchia sp. 1 from Kungkungan Bay, North Sulawesi, Indonesia^[3]

References

^ Pease W. H. (1860). Proc. zool. Soc. London 28: 141.
^ ^a ^b ^c WoRMS : Polybranchia accessed : 12 April 2011]
^ Rudman, W.B., (17 December 2001) "Polybranchia sp. 1". Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Accessed 14 January 2009.

Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213