Pleurobranchus

Pleurobranchus
Pleurobranchus mamillatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Superorder: Nudipleura
Order: Pleurobranchida
Family: Pleurobranchidae
Genus: Pleurobranchus
Cuvier, 1804
Type species
Pleurobranchus peronii Cuvier, 1804
Species

22 species (see text)

Synonyms[1]
  • Oscaniella Bergh, 1897
  • Oscanius Leach, 1847
  • Pleurobranchus (Oscanius) Leach, 1847
  • Pleurobranchus (Pleurobranchus) Cuvier, 1804
  • Pseudolibania de Stefani, 1879
  • Susania Gray, 1857
A grand pleurobranch (Pleurobranchus grandis) off Dahab, Egypt.

Pleurobranchus is a genus of sea slugs, specifically side-gill slugs, marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pleurobranchidae.[1][2]

They typically occur in intertidal and shallow subtidal waters of tropical and subtropical seas worldwide.[2]

  1. ^ a b Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2021). "Pleurobranchus Cuvier, 1804". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Goodheart 2015 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).