Dermatobranchus

Dermatobranchus
Dermatobranchus sp. 4
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia
clade Euarminida

Superfamily: Arminoidea
Family: Arminidae
Genus: Dermatobranchus
van Hasselt 1824[1]
Type species
Dermatobranchus striatus van Hasselt, 1824
Synonyms[2]
  • Dermatobranchopsis Baba, 1949
  • Pleuroleura Bergh, 1874

Dermatobranchus is a genus of sea slugs, or nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Arminidae. [2]

Biology

Dermatobranchus species feed on octocorals including sea fans and sea pens.

Species

Species within the genus Dermatobranchus include:

Species brought into synonymy

References

  1. van Hasselt J. C. (1824). Alg. Konst. Letterbode, (3) 37; 1824, Bull. des Sci. Nat., 3, 242.
  2. 1 2 Bouchet, P. (2011). Dermatobranchus van Hasselt, 1824. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2012-04-15
  3. 1 2 Gosliner, T.M. 1987. Nudibranchs of Southern Africa ISBN 0-930118-13-8
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