''Stiliger'' is a

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of small and minute

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 ...

n or sap-sucking

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s. They are 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

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Limapontiidae Limapontiidae is a taxonomic family of small to minute sacoglossan sea slugs. These are marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2011). Limapontiidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marin ...

.Stiliger Ehrenberg, 1831. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138525 on 12 April 2011 They somewhat resemble

nudibranch Nudibranchs () are a group of soft-bodied marine gastropod molluscs, belonging to the order Nudibranchia, that shed their shells after their larval stage. They are noted for their often extraordinary colours and striking forms, and they have b ...

s, but are not closely related to them. They are a rich green in color, caused by the green algae they eat.

Species

Species in the genus ''Stiliger'' include: * '' Stiliger akkeshiensis'' Baba, 1935 * '' Stiliger auarita'' Caballer, Ortea & Moro, 2009 * '' Stiliger aureomarginatus'' Jensen, 1993 * '' Stiliger berghi'' Baba, 1937 * '' Stiliger costai'' Pruvot-fol, 1951 ITIS: Stiliger costai
/ref> * '' Stiliger fuscovittatus'' Lance, 1962 - brown-streak stiliger * ''

Stiliger illus ''Stiliger'' is a genus of small and minute sacoglossan or sap-sucking sea slugs. They are marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the family (biology), family Limapontiidae.Stiliger Ehrenberg, 1831. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G ...

'' Er. Marcus, 1965 * ''

Stiliger llerae ''Stiliger'' is a genus of small and minute sacoglossan or sap-sucking sea slugs. They are marine gastropod mollusks in the family Limapontiidae.Stiliger Ehrenberg, 1831. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca da ...

'' Ortea, 1981 * '' Stiliger ornatus'' Ehrenberg, 1831 * '' Stiliger viridis'' (Kelaart, 1858) * '' Stiliger vossi'' Ev. Marcus and Er. Marcus, 1960 ;Species brought into synonymy : * ''Stiliger amphibius'' Allman, 1845: synonym of ''

Alderia modesta ''Alderia modesta'' is a species of sea slug, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Limapontiidae. It is found in estuarine habitats and saltmarshes on either side of the North Atlantic and the North Pacific Oceans. Description ''Alderia. m ...

'' (Lovén, 1844) * ''Stiliger bellulus'' (Orgibny, 1837): synonym of ''

Calliopaea bellula ''Calliopaea'' is a genus of sea slugs, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Limapontiidae. These are sacoglossa Sacoglossa are a superorder of small sea slugs and sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks that belong to the clade Heterobra ...

'' d'Orbigny, 1837 * ''Stiliger boodleae'' Baba, 1938: synonym of ''

Ercolania boodleae ''Ercolania'' is a genus of small sacoglossan sea slugs, shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Limapontiidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Ercolania Trinchese, 1872. Accessed through: World Register of Mar ...

'' (Baba, 1938) * ''Stiliger cricetus'' Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1970: synonym of ''

Ercolania coerulea ''Ercolania'' is a genus of small sacoglossan sea slugs, shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Limapontiidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Ercolania Trinchese, 1872. Accessed through: World Register of Mar ...

'' Trinchese, 1892 * ''Stiliger erbsus'' Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1970: synonym of ''

Ercolania erbsus ''Ercolania'' is a genus of small sacoglossan sea slugs, shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Limapontiidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Ercolania Trinchese, 1872. Accessed through: World Register of Mar ...

'' (Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1970) (original combination) * ''Stiliger felinus'' (Hutton, 1882): synonym of ''

Ercolania felina ''Ercolania felina'' is a minute black species of sacoglossan or sap-sucking sea slug. It is a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Limapontiidae.WoRMS (2012). Ercolania felina. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www. ...

'' (F. W. Hutton, 1882) * ''Stiliger formicarius'' Baba, 1959: synonym of ''

Costasiella formicaria ''Costasiella'' is a genus of sacoglossan sea slugs, a shell-less marine opisthobranchid gastropod mollusk in the family Costasiellidae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2015). Costasiella Pruvot-Fol, 1951. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Spec ...

'' (Baba, 1959) * ''Stiliger fuscatus'' Gould, 1870: synonym of ''

Ercolania fuscata ''Ercolania'' is a genus of small sacoglossan sea slugs, shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Limapontiidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Ercolania Trinchese, 1872. Accessed through: World Register of Mar ...

'' (Gould, 1870) * ''Stiliger gopalai'' Rao, 1937: synonym of ''

Ercolania gopalai ''Ercolania'' is a genus of small sacoglossan sea slugs, shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Limapontiidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Ercolania Trinchese, 1872. Accessed through: World Register of Mar ...

'' (Rao, 1937) * ''Stiliger lilianae'' Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1969 : synonym of ''

Costasiella ocellifera ''Costasiella ocellifera'' is a small (5–13 mm) species of sea slug, a shell-less Marine life, marine Gastropoda, gastropod Mollusca, mollusk in the family Costasiellidae. ''Costasiella ocellifera'', and other members of the family Costasi ...

'' (Simroth, 1895) * ''Stiliger llerai'' Ortea, 1981: synonym of ''Stiliger llerae'' Ortea, 1981 * ''Stiliger mariae'' (Meyer & Möbius, 1865): synonym of ''

'' d'Orbigny, 1837 * ''Stiliger modestus'' Lovén, 1844: synonym of ''

'' (Lovén, 1844) * ''Stiliger niger'' Lemche, 1935: synonym of ''

Ercolania nigra ''Ercolania'' is a genus of small sacoglossan sea slugs, shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Limapontiidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Ercolania Trinchese, 1872. Accessed through: World Register of Mar ...

'' (Lemche, 1935) * ''Stiliger nigrovittatus'' Rao & Rao, 1963: synonym of ''

Ercolania raorum ''Ercolania'' is a genus of small sacoglossan sea slugs, shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Limapontiidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Ercolania Trinchese, 1872. Accessed through: World Register of Ma ...

'' (Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1970) (Invalid: junior secondary homonym of ''Stiliger nigrovittatus'' (A. Costa, 1866); ''Stiliger raorum'' is a replacement name) * ''Stiliger noto'' Baba, 1959: synonym of '' Hermaea noto'' (Baba, 1959) * ''Stiliger oophaga'' (Lemche, 1972): synonym of'' Calliopaea oophaga'' Lemche in Gascoigne & Sartory, 1974 * ''Stiliger pica'' Annandale & Prashad, 1922: synonym of ''

Ercolania pica ''Ercolania'' is a genus of small sacoglossan sea slugs, shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Limapontiidae.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Ercolania Trinchese, 1872. Accessed through: World Register of Mar ...

'' (Annandale & Prashad, 1922) * ''Stiliger pusillus'' Baba, 1959: synonym of '' Calliopaea pusilla'' (Baba, 1968) * ''Stiliger scaldianus'' (Nyst, 1855): synonym of ''

'' (Lovén, 1844) * ''Stiliger smaragdinus'' Baba, 1949: synonym of '' Sacoproteus smaragdinus'' (Baba, 1949) as

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Sacoproteus ''Sacoproteus'' is a genus of sea slugs in the Limapontiidae family, described in 2018. It contains five species, of which four were newly described when the genus was erected, and one ('' Sacoproteus smaragdinus'') was reassigned from its previo ...

'' * ''Stiliger subviridis'' Baba, 1959: synonym of '' Ercolania subviridis'' (Baba, 1959) * ''Stiliger talis'' Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1956: synonym of '' Ercolania talis'' (Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1956) (original combination) * ''Stiliger tentaculatus'' Eliot, 1917: synonym of '' Ercolania tentaculata'' (Eliot, 1917) (original combination) * ''Stiliger vanellus'' Er. Marcus, 1957: synonym of ''

'' (Gould, 1870) * ''Stiliger varians'' Eliot, 1904: synonym of '' Ercolania varians'' (Eliot, 1904) * ''Stiliger vesiculosus'' (Deshayes, 1853): synonym of ''

'' d'Orbigny, 1837 * ''Stiliger zosterae'' Baba, 1959: synonym of '' Hermaea zosterae'' (Baba, 1959)

References

* Powell A W B, ''New Zealand Mollusca'', William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 * Jensen K.R. (2007) ''Biogeography of the Sacoglossa (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia)''. Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 55:255–281 * * Many images of ''Stiliger'' specie

{{Taxonbar, from=Q3200675 Limapontiidae Taxa named by Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg