Polybranchia orientalis

Polybranchia orientalis
Polybranchia orientalis about 2 cm in length.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
informal group Opisthobranchia
clade Sacoglossa
clade Placobranchacea
Superfamily: Limapontioidea
Family: Caliphyllidae
Genus: Polybranchia
Species: P. orientalis
Binomial name
Polybranchia orientalis
(Kelaart, 1858)[1]
Synonyms[2]

Proctonotus orientalis Kelaart, 1858

Polybranchia orientalis is a species of sacoglossan sea slug, a shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Caliphyllidae. [2]

Distribution

References

  1. ^ Kelaart E. F. (1858). "Description of new and little known species of Ceylon nudibranchiate molluscs and zoophytes". Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, Columbo, 3(1): 84-139.
  2. ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2011). Polybranchia orientalis (Kelaart, 1858). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=494520 on 2011-04-12

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