Asteronotus
| Asteronotus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura |
| Superfamily: | Doridoidea |
| Family: | Discodorididae |
| Genus: | Asteronotus Ehrenberg, 1831 |
Asteronotus is a genus of sea slugs, a dorid nudibranchs, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Discodorididae. [1]
Species
Species in the genus Asteronotus include: [2]
- Asteronotus cespitosus van Hasselt, 1824
- Asteronotus mabilla Bergh, 1880
- Asteronotus mimeticus Gosliner & Valdes, 2002
- Asteronotus spongicolus Gosliner & Valdes, 2002
- Species brought into synonymy
- Asteronotus hemprichi Ehrenberg, 1831 : synonym of Asteronotus cespitosus van Hasselt, 1824
- Asteronotus trenberthi Burn, 1962: synonym of Sclerodoris trenberthi (Burn, 1962)
References
- ↑ Bouchet, P. (2011). Asteronotus Ehrenberg, 1831. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206528 on 2011-08-23
- ↑ http://www.seaslugforum.net/search.cfm?searchstring=Asteronotus
- Valdés Á. (2002). A phylogenetic analysis and systematic revision of the cryptobranch dorids (Mollusca, Nudibranchia, Anthobranchia). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 136: 535-636
- Dayrat B. 2010. A monographic revision of discodorid sea slugs (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia, Nudibranchia, Doridina). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Series 4, vol. 61, suppl. I, 1-403, 382 figs.