''Asteronotus'' is a
genus
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of
sea slug
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s, dorid
nudibranch
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s, shell-less
marine gastropod
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mollusc
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s in the family
Discodorididae
Discodorididae is a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), family of sea slugs, specifically dorid nudibranchs, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Doridoidea.Bouchet, P. (2011). Discodorididae. Accessed through: ...
.
[Bouchet, P. (2011)]
''Asteronotus'' Ehrenberg, 1831.
Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2011-08-23.[Dayrat B. (2010)]
A monographic revision of discodorid sea slugs (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia, Nudibranchia, Doridina).
Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Series 4, vol. 61, suppl. I, 1-403, 382 figs.
Species
Species in the genus ''Asteronotus'' include:
* ''
Asteronotus cespitosus''
van Hasselt, 1824
* ''
Asteronotus hepaticus''
(Abraham, 1877)
* ''
Asteronotus mabilla''
(Abraham, 1877)
* ''
Asteronotus mimeticus''
Gosliner & Valdes, 2002
* ''
Asteronotus raripilosus''
(Abraham, 1877)
* ''
Asteronotus spongicolus''
Gosliner & Valdes, 2002
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Asteronotus bertrana'' Bergh, L.S.R., 1878: synonym of ''Asteronotus cespitosus'' van Hasselt, 1824
* ''Asteronotus brassica'' Allan, J.K., 1932: synonym of ''Asteronotus cespitosus'' van Hasselt, 1824
* ''Asteronotus fuscus'' O'Donoghue, C.H., 1924: synonym of ''Asteronotus cespitosus'' van Hasselt, 1824
* ''Asteronotus hemprichi'' Ehrenberg, 1831: synonym of ''Asteronotus cespitosus'' van Hasselt, 1824
* ''Asteronotus madrasensis'' O'Donoghue, C.H., 1932: synonym of ''Asteronotus cespitosus'' van Hasselt, 1824
* ''Asteronotus mabilla'' Bergh, L.S.R., 1878: synonym of ''Asteronotus cespitosus'' van Hasselt, 1824
* ''Asteronotus trenberthi'' Burn, 1962: synonym of ''
Sclerodoris trenberthi'' (Burn, 1962)
References
Discodorididae
Gastropod genera
Taxa named by Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg
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