Nembrotha
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Nembrotha is a genus
of sea slug
s, nudibranch
s, marine
gastropod molluscs in the family Polyceridae
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Nembrotha is the type genus
of the subfamily Nembrothinae.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of sea slug
Slug
Slug is a common name that is normally applied to any gastropod mollusc that lacks a shell, has a very reduced shell, or has a small internal shell...
s, nudibranch
Nudibranch
A nudibranch is a member of what is now a taxonomic clade, and what was previously a suborder, of soft-bodied, marine gastropod mollusks which shed their shell after their larval stage. They are noted for their often extraordinary colors and striking forms...
s, marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
gastropod molluscs in the family Polyceridae
Polyceridae
Polyceridae is a taxonomic family of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks within the Superfamily Polyceroidea.- Taxonomy :...
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Nembrotha is the type genus
Type genus
In biological classification, a type genus is a representative genus, as with regard to a biological family. The term and concept is used much more often and much more formally in zoology than it is in botany, and the definition is dependent on the nomenclatural Code that applies:* In zoological...
of the subfamily Nembrothinae.
Species
Species in the genus Nembrotha include:- Nembrotha aurea Pola, Cervera & Gosliner, 2008
- Nembrotha arnoldi Burn, 1957
- Nembrotha chamberlainiNembrotha chamberlainiNembrotha chamberlaini is a species of colorful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Polyceridae. It was first described in 1997.-Distribution:This species is known only from the Philippines and Indonesia....
Gosliner & Behrens, 1997 - Nembrotha cristataNembrotha cristataNembrotha cristata is a species of colorful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Polyceridae.- External links :* SeaSlug info at * Another version of the taxonomy at: *...
Bergh, 1877 - Nembrotha divae
- Nembrotha eliora
- Nembrotha gratiosa
- Nembrotha guttata Yonow, 1993
- Nembrotha kubaryanaNembrotha kubaryanaNembrotha kubaryana, also known as the variable neon slug, is a species of colorful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Polyceridae. Its synonyms include Nembrotha nigerrima.-Description:...
Bergh, 1877 - synonym: Nembrotha nigerrima Bergh, 1877 Name discussion - Nembrotha lineolataNembrotha lineolataNembrotha lineolata is a species of nudibranch, a sea slug, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Polyceridae....
Bergh, 1905 - Nembrotha livingstonei Sllan, 1933
- Nembrotha megalocera Yonow, 1990 - The Great Nembrotha
- Nembrotha milleriNembrotha milleriNembrotha milleri is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Polyceridae. This species was named after the nudibranch enthusiast Michael D. Miller.-Distribution:...
Gosliner & Behrens, 1997 - Nembrotha purpureolineataNembrotha purpureolineataNembrotha purpureolineata is a species of colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Polyceridae. Nembrotha rutilans, classified as a separate species until 2008, has now been reclassified as Nembrotha purpureolineata.-Taxonomy:Nembrotha purpureolineata was...
O'Donoghue, 1924 - synonym: Nembrotha rutilans (Pruvot-Fol, 1931). Synonym as of 2008. - Nembrotha rosannulataNembrotha rosannulataNembrotha rosannulata is a species of colorful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Polyceridae. It was first described in 2008. -Distribution:...
Pola, Cervera & Gosliner, 2008