Pleurobranchus

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
Genus: Pleurobranchus
Cuvier, 1805
Diversity[1]
15-16 species
Synonyms[2]
  • Oscanius Leach in Gray, 1847
  • Oscaniella Bergh, 1897
A grand pleurobranch (Pleurobranchus grandis) off Dahab, Egypt.

Pleurobranchus is a genus of sea slugs, specifically side-gill slugs, marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pleurobranchidae.[2]

Species

Goodheart et al. (2015)[1] recognized 14 valid species, while Alvim & Pimenta 2016[3] recognized one other species. Pleurobranchus sishaensis is additionally recognized by WoRMS.[4]

Species in the genus Pleurobranchus include:

  1. Pleurobranchus albiguttatus (Bergh, 1905)[1][4]
  2. Pleurobranchus areolatus Mörch, 1863[1][4] Atlantic sidegill slug
  3. Pleurobranchus digueti Rochebrune, 1895[1][4]
  4. Pleurobranchus forskalii Rueppell & Leuckart, 1828[1][4] - synonym: Pleurobranchus semperi (Vayssière, 1896)[4] / Oscanius semperi Vayssière, 1896[1]
  5. Pleurobranchus grandis W. H. Pease, 1868 [1][5]
  6. Pleurobranchus hilli (Hedley, 1894)[1][4]
  7. Pleurobranchus iouspi Ev. Marcus, 1984[4][3]
  8. Pleurobranchus mamillatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1832[1][4]
  9. Pleurobranchus membranaceus Montagu, 1815[1][4]
  10. Pleurobranchus nigropunctatus (Bergh, 1907)[1][4]
  11. Pleurobranchus peroni Cuvier, 1804[1][4]
  12. Pleurobranchus reticulatus Rang, 1832[1][4]
  13. Pleurobranchus sishaensis (Zhang & Lin, 1965)[4]
  14. Pleurobranchus testudinarius Cantraine, 1835[1][4]
  15. Pleurobranchus varians Pease, 1860[1]
  16. Pleurobranchus weberi (Bergh, 1905)[1][4]

Goodheart et al. (2015)[1] recognized following synonyms:

Nomen nudum (nude name)
Species brought into synonymy
Nomen dubium
Taxa inquerenda

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Goodheart J., Camacho-García Y., Padula V., Schrödl M., Cervera J. L., Gosliner T. M. & Valdés Á. (2015). "Systematics and biogeography of Pleurobranchus Cuvier, 1804, sea slugs (Heterobranchia: Nudipleura: Pleurobranchidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 174(2): 322-362. doi:10.1111/zoj.12237.
  2. 1 2 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
  3. 1 2 Alvim J. & Pimenta A.D. (2016). Comparative morphology and redescription of Pleurobranchus species (Gastropoda, Pleurobranchoidea) from Brazil. Zoological Studies. 55: 15.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 WoRMS Pleurobranchus
  5. Pease W. H. (1868). "Descriptions of marine Gasteropodae, inhabiting Polynesia". American Journal of Conchology 4(2): 71-80, Pls. 7-10.
  6. WMSD - Worldwide mollusc species DB - Pleurobranchus gigas
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