Polybranchia (gastropod)

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

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)

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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