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]

References

  1. Pease W. H. (1860). Proc. zool. Soc. London 28: 141.
  2. 1 2 3 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.

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