Plakobranchus

Plakobranchus is a genus of sea slugs, sacoglossans, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Plakobranchidae.[2]

Plakobranchus
Two Plakobranchus ocellatus seaslugs
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
informal group Opisthobranchia
clade Sacoglossa
clade Plakobranchacea
Superfamily:
Plakobranchoidea
Family:
Plakobranchidae
Genus:
Plakobranchus

van Hasselt, 1824[1]
Synonyms[2]

Placobranchus Hasselt, 1824

The author of the genus spelled the name originally as Plakobranchus, but the spelling Placobranchus was a long time the prevailing usage, based on an incorrect subsequent spelling by Férussac (1824) in a translation of van Hasselt's work.

Species

Species within the genus Plakobranchus include:

Recent work on the photosynthetic abilities of Plakobranchus reveals that P. ocellatus is actually a species complex.[3]

References
  1. van Hasselt (1824). Alg. Konst. Letter-Bode, (2-4); 1824, Bull. des Sci. Nat., 3, 240.
  2. Gofas, S. (2012). Plakobranchus van Hasselt, 1824. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2012-03-08
  3. Christa G., Wescott L., Schäberle T.F., König G.M., Wägele H., (2013) What remains after 2 months of starvation? Analysis of sequestered algae in a photosynthetic slug, Plakobranchus ocellatus (Sacoglossa, Opisthobranchia), by barcoding. Planta. Feb;237(2):559-72. doi: 10.1007/s00425-012-1788-6. Epub 2012 Oct 30.
  • Trowbridge C.D., Hirano Y.M. & Hirano Y.J. (2011) Inventory of Japanese sacoglossan opisthobranchs: Historical review, current records, and unresolved issues. American Malacological Bulletin 29: 1-22.
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