Plakobranchoidea is a
taxonomic superfamily 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 within the superorder
Sacoglossa
Sacoglossa are a superorder of small sea slugs and sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks that belong to the clade Heterobranchia known as sacoglossans. There are 284 valid species recognized within this superorder. Sacoglossans live by ingestin ...
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[Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2012). Plakobranchoidea. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=411959 on 2012-03-08]
Families
Families within the superfamily Plakobranchoidea include:
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Costasiellidae K. B. Clark, 1984
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Hermaeidae H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
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Limapontiidae Gray, 1847
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Plakobranchidae Gray, 1840
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Platyhedylidae Salvini-Plawen, 1973: belongs to the superfamily
Platyhedyloidea
; Synonyms:
* Actaeonidae : synonym of Plakobranchidae
* Alderiidae : synonym of Limapontiidae
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Boselliidae Ev. Marcus, 1982 : synonym of Plakobranchidae
Gray, 1840
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Caliphyllidae Tiberi, 1881: synonym of Hermaeidae
H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
* Elysiidae: synonym of Plakobranchidae
* Ercolaniinae : synonym of Limapontiidae
* Jenseneriidae
Ortea & Moro, 2015: synonym of Caliphyllidae T''iberi, 1881'' accepted as Hermaeidae
H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854
* Gascoignellidae :synonym of Platyhedylidae
* Lobiferidae : synonym of Caliphyllidae
* Oleidae : synonym of Limapontiidae
* Phyllobranchidae : synonym of Caliphyllidae
* Phyllobranchillidae : synonym of Caliphyllidae
* Placobranchidae: synonym of Plakobranchidae
* Polybranchiidae : synonym of Caliphyllidae
* Pontolimacidae : synonym of Limapontiidae
* Stiligeridae : synonym of Limapontiidae
References
Plakobranchacea
Taxa named by John Edward Gray
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