Caliphyllidae
| Caliphyllidae | |
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| Cyerce nigricans on Chlorodesmis fastigiata. Locality: Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef. The length of the slug is about 4 cm. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia informal group Opisthobranchia clade Sacoglossa clade Plakobranchacea |
| Superfamily: | Limapontioidea |
| Family: | Caliphyllidae Tiberi, 1881 |
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Caliphyllidae is a taxonomic family of sacoglossan sea slugs. These are marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the clade Sacoglossa.[1]
This family has no subfamilies.
Genera
There are five genera in the family Caliphyllidae:[2][3]
- Caliphylla A. Costa, 1867
- Cyerce Bergh, 1871
- Mourgona Marcus & Marcus, 1970
- Polybranchia Pease, 1860
- Sohgenia Hamatani, 1991
- Genera brought into synonymy
- Branchophyllum Pruvot-Fol, 1947 : synonym of Polybranchia Pease, 1860
- Lobifera Pease, 1866 : synonym of Polybranchia Pease, 1860
- Phyllobranchillus Pruvot-Fol, 1933 : synonym of Polybranchia Pease, 1860
- Phyllobranchus Alder & Hancock, 1864 : synonym of Polybranchia Pease, 1860
References
- ↑ Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). "Classification and Nomenclator of Gastropod Families". Malacologia. 47 (1-2).
- ↑ Jensen K. R. (1996). "Phylogenetic systematics and classification of the Sacoglossa (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia)". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society London B Biological Sciences 351(1335 ): 91-122. doi:10.1098/rstb.1996.0006.
- ↑ Händeler K., Grzymbowski Y. P., Krug P. J. & Wägele H. (2009) "Functional chloroplasts in metazoan cells - a unique evolutionary strategy in animal life". Frontiers in Zoology 6: 28. doi:10.1186/1742-9994-6-28 PMID 19951407.
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