''Pleurobranchella'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
sea slug
Sea slug is a common name for some Marine biology, marine invertebrates with varying levels of resemblance to terrestrial Slug, slugs. Most creatures known as sea slugs are gastropods, i.e. they are Sea snail, sea snails (marine gastropod moll ...
s,
marine gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...
s in the family
Pleurobranchaeidae
The Pleurobranchaeidae are a taxonomic family of sea slugs, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Pleurobranchomorpha
The Pleurobranchidae are a taxonomic family of sea slugs, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Pleurobranchomorpha.
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[Bouchet, P. (2014). Pleurobranchella Thiele, 1925. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=533833 on 2015-02-08]
Species
Species within the genus ''Pleurobranchella'' include:
* ''
Pleurobranchella nicobarica''
Thiele, 1925
; Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Pleurobranchella alba''
(Lin & Tchang, 1965): synonym of ''Pleurobranchella nicobarica''
Thiele, 1925
* ''Pleurobranchella gilchristi''
(O'Donoghue, 1929): synonym of ''Pleurobranchella nicobarica''
Thiele, 1925
References
* Dayrat B. (2001) Indo-Pacific deep-water Pleurobranchaeidae (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia: Notaspidea): New records and new species. In: P. Bouchet & B.A. Marshall (eds) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos volume 22. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 185:321-330.
External links
A record of ''Pleurobranchella nicobarica'' Thiele, 1925 : (Pleurobranchomopha : Pleurobranchidae) from off Kume Island, Ryukyu Islands, Southwestern Japan
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Pleurobranchaeidae