''Dermatobranchus'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

sea slug Sea slug is a common name for some marine invertebrates with varying levels of resemblance to terrestrial slugs. Most creatures known as sea slugs are gastropods, i.e. they are sea snails (marine gastropod mollusks) that over evolutionary ...

s, or

nudibranch Nudibranchs () are a group of soft-bodied marine gastropod molluscs which shed their shells after their larval stage. They are noted for their often extraordinary colours and striking forms, and they have been given colourful nicknames to mat ...

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gastropod molluscs in the family

Arminidae Arminidae is a family of sea slugs, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Arminoidea. Taxonomy The family Arminidae is classified within the clade Cladobranchia, itself belonging to the clade Nudibranchia (according to the taxonomy o ...

.Bouchet, P. (2011)
''Dermatobranchus'' van Hasselt, 1824.
Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2012-04-15

Biology

''Dermatobranchus'' species feed on

octocorals Octocorallia (also known as Alcyonaria) is a class of Anthozoa comprising around 3,000 species of water-based organisms formed of colonial polyps with 8-fold symmetry. It includes the blue coral, soft corals, sea pens, and gorgonians (sea fan ...

including

sea fans Alcyonacea, or soft corals, are an order of corals. In addition to the fleshy soft corals, the order Alcyonacea now contains all species previously known as "gorgonian corals", that produce a more or less hard skeleton, though quite different ...

and

sea pen Sea pens are colonial marine cnidarians belonging to the order Pennatulacea. There are 14 families within the order; 35 extant genera, and it is estimated that of 450 described species, around 200 are valid. Sea pens have a cos ...

Species

Species within the genus ''Dermatobranchus'' include: * ''

Dermatobranchus albineus ''Dermatobranchus albineus'' is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Arminidae.Bouchet, P. (2015)''Dermatobranchus albineus''.In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on ...

'' Gosliner & Fahey, 2011 * ''

Dermatobranchus albopunctulatus ''Dermatobranchus albopunctulatus'' is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Arminidae.Bouchet, P. (2015)''Dermatobranchus albopunctulatus''.In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Ma ...

'' Baba, 1949 * '' Dermatobranchus albus'' (Eliot, 1904) * ''

Dermatobranchus arminus ''Dermatobranchus arminus'' is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Arminidae.Bouchet, P. (2015)''Dermatobranchus arminus''.In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2 ...

'' Gosliner & Fahey, 2011 * '' Dermatobranchus caeruleomaculatus'' Gosliner & Fahey, 2011 * '' Dermatobranchus caesitius'' Gosliner & Fahey, 2011 * '' Dermatobranchus cymatilis'' Gosliner & Fahey, 2011 * ''

Dermatobranchus dendronephthyphagus ''Dermatobranchus dendronephthyphagus'' is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Arminidae.Bouchet, P. (2015)''Dermatobranchus dendronephthyphagus''.In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Registe ...

'' Gosliner & Fahey, 2011 * ''

Dermatobranchus diagonalis ''Dermatobranchus diagonalis'' is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks () ...

'' Gosliner & Fahey, 2011 * '' Dermatobranchus earlei'' Gosliner & Fahey, 2011 * '' Dermatobranchus fasciatus'' Gosliner & Fahey, 2011 * ''

Dermatobranchus fortunatus ''Dermatobranchus fortunatus'' is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Arminidae.Bouchet, P. (2015)''Dermatobranchus fortunatus''.In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Speci ...

'' (Bergh, 1888) * '' Dermatobranchus funiculus'' Gosliner & Fahey, 2011 * '' Dermatobranchus glaber'' (Eliot, 1908) * '' Dermatobranchus gonatophorus'' van Hasselt, 1824 * ''

Dermatobranchus kalyptos ''Dermatobranchus kalyptos'' is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). ...

'' Gosliner & Fahey, 2011 * ''

Dermatobranchus kokonas ''Dermatobranchus kokonas'' is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). ...

'' Gosliner & Fahey, 2011 * '' Dermatobranchus leoni'' Gosliner & Fahey, 2011 * '' Dermatobranchus marginlatus'' Lin, 1981 * ''

Dermatobranchus microphallus ''Dermatobranchus microphallus'' is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusc in the family Arminidae.Bouchet, P. (2015)''Dermatobranchus microphallus''.In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Regist ...

'' Gosliner & Fahey, 2011 * ''

Dermatobranchus multidentatus ''Dermatobranchus multidentatus'' is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Arminidae.Bouchet, P. (2015)''Dermatobranchus multidentatus''.In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine ...

'' Baba, 1949 * ''

Dermatobranchus multistriatus ''Dermatobranchus multistriatus'' is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusk ...

'' Lin, 1981 * ''

Dermatobranchus nigropunctatus ''Dermatobranchus nigropunctatus'' is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Arminidae.Bouchet, P. (2015)''Dermatobranchus nigropunctatus''.In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Mari ...

'' Baba, 1949 * ''

Dermatobranchus oculus ''Dermatobranchus oculus'' is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Ar ...

'' Gosliner & Fahey, 2011 * ''

Dermatobranchus ornatus ''Dermatobranchus ornatus'' is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Arminidae.Bouchet, P. (2015)''Dermatobranchus ornatus''.In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on ...

'' (Bergh, 1874) * '' Dermatobranchus otome'' Baba, 1992 * '' Dermatobranchus phyllodes'' Gosliner & Fahey, 2011 * '' Dermatobranchus piperoides'' Gosliner & Fahey, 2011 * ''

Dermatobranchus primus ''Dermatobranchus primus'' is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). A ...

'' Baba, 1976 * '' Dermatobranchus pustulosus'' van Hasselt, 1824 * '' Dermatobranchus rodmani'' Gosliner & Fahey, 2011 * '' Dermatobranchus rubidus'' (Gould, 1852) * ''

Dermatobranchus sagamianus ''Dermatobranchus sagamianus'' is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks ( ...

'' Baba, 1949 * '' Dermatobranchus semilunus'' Gosliner & Fahey, 2011 * ''

Dermatobranchus semistriatus ''Dermatobranchus semistriatus'' is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusc in the family Arminidae.Bouchet, P. (2015)''Dermatobranchus semistriatus''.In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Regist ...

'' Baba, 1949 * ''Dermatobranchus'' sp. 1

white-ridged nudibranch The white-ridged nudibranch, ''Dermatobranchus'' sp. 1, as designated by Gosliner, 1987, is a species of nudibranch. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Arminidae. As at November 2009, it remained undescribed by science. Distribut ...

Gosliner, T.M. 1987. ''Nudibranchs of Southern Africa'' * ''Dermatobranchus'' sp. 4 brown ridged nudibranch * '' Dermatobranchus striatellus'' Baba, 1949 * '' Dermatobranchus striatus'' van Hasselt, 1824 * '' Dermatobranchus substriatus'' Baba, 1949 * '' Dermatobranchus tongshanensis'' Lin, 1981 * '' Dermatobranchus tuberculatus'' Gosliner & Fahey, 2011 ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Dermatobranchus pulcherrimus'' Miller & Willan, 1986: synonym of '' Dermatobranchus rubidus'' (Gould, 1852) * ''Dermatobranchus walteri'' (Krause, 1892): synonym of ''

Doridoxa walteri Doridoxidae, commonly known as doridoxid nudibranchs, are a small, enigmatic taxonomic family of shell-less sea slugs, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Cladobranchia within the clade Nudibranchia. Doridoxidae is currently the only fami ...

'' (Krause, 1892)

References

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