Pleurobranchus forskalii
Pleurobranchus forskalii | |
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A live Pleurobranchus forskalii, head end towards the upper left | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura clade Nudipleura clade Pleurobranchomorpha |
Superfamily: | Pleurobranchoidea |
Family: | Pleurobranchidae |
Subfamily: | Pleurobranchinae |
Genus: | Pleurobranchus |
Species: | P. forskalii |
Binomial name | |
Pleurobranchus forskalii | |
Synonyms | |
Pleurobranchus forskali |
Pleurobranchus forskalii is a species of side-gill sea slug, a notaspidean, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pleurobranchidae.[1]
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A pale individual of Pleurobranchus forskalii, head end towards the lower right
An entirely dark individual of Pleurobranchus forskalii, head end towards the upper left
The specific name was coined in honor of Peter Forsskål.
Distribution
This species occurs in:
References
- 1 2 3 4 Gofas, S. (2009). Pleurobranchus forskalii (Rüppell & Leuckart, 1831). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2009) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140819 on 2010-05-18
External links
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- Jochum, A., & Favre, A. (2017). "First record of the sea slug Stylocheilus striatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)(Anaspidea, Aplysiidae) and swarming behavior for Bazaruto Archipelago, Mozambique with the first record of Pleurobranchus forskalii Rüppel & Leuckart, 1828 (Nudipleura, Pleurobranchidae) for Bazaruto Island (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia)". Check List 13(5): 435-441. doi:10.15560/13.5.435
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