Pleurobranchaea

Pleurobranchaea
Pleurobranchaea bubala
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Pleurobranchomorpha

Superfamily: Pleurobranchoidea
Family: Pleurobranchaeidae
Genus: Pleurobranchaea
Synonyms
  • Koonsia Verrill, 1882
  • Macfarlandaea Ev. Marcus & Gosliner, 1984
  • Pleurobranchidium Leue, 1813
  • Pleurobranchillus Bergh, 1892

Pleurobranchaea is a genus of sea slugs, specifically sidegill slugs or notaspideans. These are marine gastropod molluscs in the family Pleurobranchaeidae. The genus is differentiated from other sidegill slugs by its rhinophores, which are well separated, rather than being joined under the notum.[1]

Species

Species in the genus Pleurobranchaea include:[2][3]

Species brought into synonymy

References

  1. Gosliner, T. M. (1987). Nudibranchs of Southern Africa. ISBN 0-930118-13-8.
  2. http://www.seaslugforum.net/specieslist.cfm accessed 19 May 2009
  3. http://www.catalogueoflife.org accessed 19 May 2009
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