Pleurobranchus
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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...
Pleurobranchus belongs to the family Pleurobranchidae
Pleurobranchidae
The Pleurobranchidae are a taxonomic family of sea slugs, marine gastropod molluscs in the order Notaspidea.The species in the family Pleurobranchidae have a prominent mantle and an internal shell that becomes reduced or is lost in adults. Some adult species have been seen feeding on ascidians...
and is one of the genera of sidegill slugs
Notaspidea
Notaspidea, also known as the sidegill slugs, was a suborder which included both sea slugs and sea snails or false limpets, marine opisthobranch gastropod molluscs in the subclass Orthogastropoda....
, which are a type of large sea slug
Opisthobranchia
Opisthobranchs are a large and diverse group of specialized complex marine gastropods previously united under Opisthobranchia within the Heterobranchia, but no longer considered to represent a monophyletic grouping...
. They are 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.
Species
Known speciesSpecies
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in the genus
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...
include the following:
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- Pleurobranchus areolatus MörchOtto Andreas Lowson MörchOtto Andreas Lowson Mörch was a biologist, specifically a malacologist. He lived in Sweden, in Denmark, and in France.- Taxa described :Bibliography and taxa described by Otto Andreas Lowson Mörch include:...
, 1863 Atlantic sidegill slug - Pleurobranchus albiguttatus
- Pleurobranchus atlanticus R.T. Abbott, 1949 (possibly a synonym of synonym of P. albiguttatus)
- Pleurobranchus delicatus
- Pleurobranchus emys Ev. Marcus, 1984
- Pleurobranchus evelinae T. E. Thompson, 1977
- Pleurobranchus forskalii Rueppell & Leuckart, 1830
- Pleurobranchus garciagomezi Cervera, J.L., Cattaneo-Vietti & M. Edmunds, 1996
- Pleurobranchus gigas Sawaya & Grempel, 1972
- Pleurobranchus grandisPleurobranchus grandisPleurobranchus grandis is a species of sidegill slug, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pleurobranchidae....
W.H. Pease, 1868 - Pleurobranchus hilli HedleyCharles HedleyCharles Hedley was a naturalist, active in Australia and winner of the 1925 Clarke Medal.-Early life:...
, 1894 - Pleurobranchus hirasei K. Bába, 1971 (possibly a synonym of P. peroni)
- Pleurobranchus iouspi Ev. Marcus, 1984
- Pleurobranchus lacteus Dall & C.T. Simpson, 1901
- Pleurobranchus mamillatusPleurobranchus mamillatusPleurobranchus mamillatus is a species of sidegill slug, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pleurobranchidae....
Quoy and Gaimard, 1832 - Pleurobranchus membranaceus Montagu, 1815
- Pleurobranchus niveus A. E. Verrill, 1901
- Pleurobranchus peroni CuvierGeorges CuvierGeorges Chrétien Léopold Dagobert Cuvier or Jean Léopold Nicolas Frédéric Cuvier , known as Georges Cuvier, was a French naturalist and zoologist...
, 1804 - Pleurobranchus reesi K. White, 1952 (nomen dubium)
- Pleurobranchus stringi Mcfarland, 1966
- Pleurobranchus testudinarius Cantraine, 1835
- Pleurobranchus weberi
- Pleurobranchus xhosa Macnae, 1962 (possibly a juvenile form of P. peroni)
- Pleurobranchus areolatus Mörch