Pleurobranchaea

Pleurobranchaea
	Pleurobranchaea bubala
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia; clade Euthyneura; clade Nudipleura; clade Pleurobranchomorpha
Superfamily:	Pleurobranchoidea
Family:	Pleurobranchaeidae
Genus:	Pleurobranchaea
Synonyms
	Koonsia Verrill, 1882; Macfarlandaea Ev. Marcus & Gosliner, 1984; Pleurobranchidium Leue, 1813; Pleurobranchillus Bergh, 1892;

Pleurobranchaea is a genus of sea slugs, specifically sidegill slugs or notaspideans. These are marine gastropod molluscs in the family Pleurobranchaeidae. The genus is differentiated from other sidegill slugs by its rhinophores, which are well separated, rather than being joined under the notum.^[1] This genus has recently been coined sea owls which is the common name in Japanese for Pleurobranchaea japonica.

Species[edit]

Species in the genus Pleurobranchaea include:^[2]^[3]

Pleurobranchaea agassizii R. Bergh, 1897
Pleurobranchaea augusta Ev. Marcus & Gosliner, 1984
Pleurobranchaea britannica Turani, Carmona, Barry, Close, Bullimore & Cervera, 2024^[4]
Pleurobranchaea brockii Bergh, 1897
Pleurobranchaea bubala Marcus and Gosliner, 1984
Pleurobranchaea californica MacFarland, 1966
Pleurobranchaea catherinae Dayrat, 2001
Pleurobranchaea gela Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1966
Pleurobranchaea inconspicua Bergh, 1897
Pleurobranchaea japonica J. Thiele, 1925
Pleurobranchaea maculata (Quoy and Gaimard, 1832)
Pleurobranchaea meckeli (Blainville, 1825)
Pleurobranchaea morosa (Bergh, 1892)
Pleurobranchaea obesa (A. E. Verrill, 1882)
Pleurobranchaea spiroporphyra Alvim, Simone & Pimenta, 2014
Pleurobranchaea tarda A. E. Verrill, 1880

Species brought into synonymy

Pleurobranchaea bonnieae Ev. Marcus and Gosliner, 1984 : synonym of Pleurobranchaea inconspicua Bergh, 1897
Pleurobranchaea chiajei Locard, 1886: synonym of Pleurobranchaea meckeli (Blainville, 1825)
Pleurobranchaea confusa Ev. Marcus & Gosliner, 1984: synonym of Pleurobranchaea obesa (A. E. Verrill, 1882)
Pleurobranchaea dellechiaii Vérany, 1846: synonym of Pleurobranchaea meckeli (Blainville, 1825)
Pleurobranchaea gemini Macnae, 1962: synonym of Pleurobranchaea brockii Bergh, 1897
Pleurobranchaea hamva Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1955: synonym of Pleurobranchaea inconspicua Bergh, 1897
Pleurobranchaea hedgpethi Abbott, 1952: synonym of Pleurobranchaea inconspicua Bergh, 1897
Pleurobranchaea notmec Ev. Marcus & Gosliner, 1984: synonym of Pleurobranchaea meckeli (Blainville, 1825)
Pleurobranchaea novaezealandiae Cheeseman, 1878: synonym of Pleurobranchaea maculata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
Pleurobranchaea vayssierei Ev. Marcus & Gosliner, 1984: synonym of Pleurobranchaea meckeli (Blainville, 1825)

References[edit]

^ Gosliner, T. M. (1987). Nudibranchs of Southern Africa. Sea Challengers. ISBN 0-930118-13-8.
^ http://www.seaslugforum.net/specieslist.cfm^{[full citation needed]} accessed 19 May 2009
^ http://www.catalogueoflife.org^{[full citation needed]} accessed 19 May 2009
^ Turani, Martina; Carmona, Leila; Barry, Peter J.; Close, Hayden L.; Bullimore, Ross; Cervera, Juan Lucas (2024-01-26). "First occurrence of the genus Pleurobranchaea Leue, 1813 (Pleurobranchida, Nudipleura, Heterobranchia) in British waters, with the description of a new species". Zoosystematics and Evolution. 100 (1): 49–59. doi:10.3897/zse.100.113707. ISSN 1860-0743.

[1] Gosliner, T. M. (1987). Nudibranchs of Southern Africa. Sea Challengers. ISBN 0-930118-13-8.

[2] ttp://www.seaslugforum.net/specieslist.cfm^{[full citation needed]} accessed 19 May 2009

[3] ttp://www.catalogueoflife.org^{[full citation needed]} accessed 19 May 2009

[4] Turani, Martina; Carmona, Leila; Barry, Peter J.; Close, Hayden L.; Bullimore, Ross; Cervera, Juan Lucas (2024-01-26). "First occurrence of the genus Pleurobranchaea Leue, 1813 (Pleurobranchida, Nudipleura, Heterobranchia) in British waters, with the description of a new species". Zoosystematics and Evolution. 100 (1): 49–59. doi:10.3897/zse.100.113707. ISSN 1860-0743.

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