''Plakobranchus'' is a
genus
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of
sea slug
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s, sacoglossans,
marine opisthobranch
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gastropod
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mollusk
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s in the
family
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Plakobranchidae
Plakobranchidae is a family (biology), family of sea slugs, marine (ocean), marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Plakobranchoidea. They superficially resemble nudibranchs but they are sacoglossans, members of the clade Sacog ...
.
[Gofas, S. (2012)]
''Plakobranchus'' van Hasselt, 1824.
Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2012-03-08
The author of the genus spelled the name originally as ''Plakobranchus'', but the spelling ''Placobranchus'' was a long time the prevailing usage, based on an incorrect subsequent spelling by Férussac (1824) in a translation of van Hasselt's work.
Species
Species within the genus ''Plakobranchus'' include:
* ''
Plakobranchus noctisstellatus''
Mehrotra, Caballer, C.M. Scott, Arnold, Monchanin & Chavanich, 2020
* ''
Plakobranchus ocellatus
''Plakobranchus ocellatus'' is a species of sea slug, a sacoglossan, a marine (ocean), marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family (biology), family Plakobranchidae.Gofas, S. (2014)''Plakobranchus ocellatus'' van Hasselt, 1824.Accessed t ...
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van Hasselt, 1824
* ''
Plakobranchus papua
''Plakobranchus'' is a genus of sea slugs, sacoglossans, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Plakobranchidae.Gofas, S. (2012)''Plakobranchus'' van Hasselt, 1824.Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2012-03-08
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Meyers-Muñoz & van der Velde, 2016
Recent work on the photosynthetic abilities of ''Plakobranchus'' reveals that ''P. ocellatus'' is actually a species complex.
[Christa G., Wescott L., Schäberle T.F., König G.M., Wägele H., (2013) ''What remains after 2 months of starvation? Analysis of sequestered algae in a photosynthetic slug, ''Plakobranchus ocellatus'' (Sacoglossa, Opisthobranchia), by barcoding.'' Planta. Feb;237(2):559-72. doi: 10.1007/s00425-012-1788-6. Epub 2012 Oct 30.]
;Synonyms:
* ''Plakobranchus argus''
Bergh, 1872: synonym of ''Plakobranchus ocellatus''
van Hasselt, 1824
* ''Plakobranchus camiguinus''
Bergh, 1872: synonym of ''Plakobranchus ocellatus''
van Hasselt, 1824
* ''Plakobranchus chlorophacus''
Bergh, 1873: synonym of ''Plakobranchus ocellatus''
van Hasselt, 1824
* ''Plakobranchus guttatus''
Stimpson, 1855: synonym of ''Plakobranchus ocellatus''
van Hasselt, 1824
* ''Plakobranchus ianthobaptus''
Gould, 1852: synonym of ''Plakobranchus ocellatus''
van Hasselt, 1824
* ''Plakobranchus laetus''
Bergh, 1872: synonym of ''Plakobranchus ocellatus''
van Hasselt, 1824
* ''Plakobranchus moebii''
Bergh, 1888: synonym of ''
Thuridilla moebii
''Thuridilla moebii'' is a species of sacoglossan sea slug, a shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusc in the family Plakobranchidae. It is found in shallow water in the tropical west and central Indo-Pacific region.
Description
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(Bergh, 1888) (original combination)
* ''Plakobranchus priapinus''
Bergh, 1872: synonym of ''Plakobranchus ocellatus''
van Hasselt, 1824
* ''Plakobranchus punctulatus''
Bergh, 1872: synonym of ''Plakobranchus ocellatus''
van Hasselt, 1824
* ''Plakobranchus virgata''
Bergh, 1888: synonym of ''
Thuridilla virgata
''Thuridilla'' is a genus of sacoglossan sea slugs, shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Plakobranchidae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2012). Thuridilla Bergh, 1872. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at ht ...
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(Bergh, 1888) (original combination)
References
* Trowbridge C.D., Hirano Y.M. & Hirano Y.J. (2011) ''Inventory of Japanese sacoglossan opisthobranchs: Historical review, current records, and unresolved issues.'' American Malacological Bulletin 29: 1-22.
External links
Meyers-Muñoz M.A., van der Velde G., van der Meij S.E.T., Stoffels B.E.M.W., van Alen T., Tuti Y. & Hoeksema B.W. (2016). The phylogenetic position of a new species of Plakobranchus from West Papua, Indonesia (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia, Sacoglossa). ZooKeys. 594: 73-98.
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