Pleurobranchus

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Pleurobranchus
Pleurobranchus mamillatus
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
Cuvier, 1805
Species

See text

Synonyms[1]

Oscanius Leach in Gray, 1847

A grand pleurobranch (Pleurobranchus grandis) off Dahab, Egypt.

The genus Pleurobranchus is a genus of sea slugs, specifically side-gill slugs, marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pleurobranchidae.[1]

Species

Species in the genus Pleurobranchus include:

  • Pleurobranchus albiguttatus (Bergh, 1905)
  • Pleurobranchus areolatus Mörch, 1863 Atlantic sidegill slug
  • Pleurobranchus atlanticus R.T. Abbott, 1949
  • Pleurobranchus caledonicus Risbec, 1928
  • Pleurobranchus delicatus [citation needed]
  • Pleurobranchus digueti Rochebrune, 1895
  • 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 [2]
  • Pleurobranchus gigas Sawaya & Grempel, 1972 [citation needed]
  • Pleurobranchus grandis W.H. Pease, 1868 [3]
  • Pleurobranchus hilli Hedley, 1894
  • Pleurobranchus hirasei K. Bába, 1971 [4] (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 semperi (Vayssière)
  • Pleurobranchus testudinarius Cantraine, 1835
  • Pleurobranchus weberi (Bergh, 1905)
Species brought into synonymy:
  • Pleurobranchus agassizii MacFarland, 1909: synonym of Berthella agassizii (MacFarland, 1909)
  • Pleurobranchus californicus Dall, 1900: synonym of Berthella californica (Dall, 1900)
  • Pleurobranchus citrinus Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828: synonym of Berthellina citrina (Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828)
  • Pleurobranchus dautzenbergi Watson, 1897: synonym of Berthella dautzenbergi (Watson, 1897)
  • Pleurobranchus forskali: synonym of Pleurobranchus forskalii (Rüppell & Leuckart, 1831)
  • Pleurobranchus luniceps Cuvier, 1817: synonym of Euselenops luniceps (Cuvier, 1817)
  • Pleurobranchus patagonicus d'Orbigny, 1835: synonym of Berthella patagonica (d'Orbigny, 1835)
  • Pleurobranchus pellucidus Pease, 1860: synonym of Berthella stellata (Risso, 1826)
  • Pleurobranchus platei Bergh, 1898: synonym of Berthella platei (Bergh, 1898)
  • Pleurobranchus punctatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1832: synonym of Berthellina citrina (Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828)
  • Pleurobranchus reesi K. White, 1952 : synonym of Pleurobranchus atlanticus Abbott, 1949
  • Pleurobranchus scutatus Martens [in Möbius], 1880: synonym of Berthella martensi (Pilsbry, 1896)
  • Pleurobranchus stellatus Risso, 1826: synonym of Berthella stellata (Risso, 1826)
  • Pleurobranchus strongi Mcfarland, 1966 : synonym of Berthella strongi (MacFarland, 1966)
  • Pleurobranchus xhosa Macnae, 1962 (possibly a juvenile form of P. peroni)
Nomen dubium
  • Pleurobranchus lowei Watson, 1897

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2012). Pleurobranchus Cuvier, 1804. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138364 on 2012-06-06
  2. ↑ Fontes, J., Tempera, F. & Wirtz, P. 2001. On some interesting opisthobranchs (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from the Azores. Arquipélago. Life and Marine Sciences, 18A: 85-87
  3. ↑ Pease, W.H. (1868). Descriptions of marine Gasteropodae, inhabiting Polynesia. American Journal of Conchology, 4(2): 71-80, Pls. 7-10.
  4. ↑ 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. .
  • Howson, C.M.; Picton, B.E. (Ed.) (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp.
  • 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
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