Polybranchia (gastropod)

Polybranchia
A live individual of Polybranchia orientalis, head end towards the top of the image
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia informal group Opisthobranchia clade Sacoglossa clade Plakobranchacea
Superfamily:	Limapontioidea
Family:	Caliphyllidae
Genus:	Polybranchia Pease, 1860[1]
Synonyms[2]
Branchophyllum Pruvot-Fol, 1947 Lobifera Pease, 1866 (Unnecessary substitute name for Polybranchia Pease, 1860) Phyllobranchillus Pruvot-Fol, 1933 Phyllobranchus Alder & Hancock, 1864 (Invalid: junior homonym of Phyllobranchus Girard, 1851 [Annelida]; Phyllobranchillus and Branchophyllum are replacement names)

Polybranchia is a genus of sacoglossan sea slugs, shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Caliphyllidae.^[2]

Species

Species within the genus Polybranchia include:^[2]

• Polybranchia borgninii (Trinchese, 1896)
• Polybranchia orientalis (Kelaart, 1858)
• Polybranchia pallens (Burn, 1957)
• Polybranchia papillosa (Pease, 1866)
• Polybranchia pellucida Pease, 1860
• Polybranchia prasinus (Bergh, 1871)
• Polybranchia viridis (Deshayes, 1857)
• Polybranchia westralis Jensen, 1993
• Polybranchia sp. 1 from Kungkungan Bay, North Sulawesi, Indonesia^[3]

References

1. Pease W. H. (1860). Proc. zool. Soc. London 28: 141.
2. WoRMS : Polybranchia accessed : 12 April 2011]
3. Rudman, W.B., (17 December 2001) "Polybranchia sp. 1". Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Accessed 14 January 2009.

• Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213

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