Pleurobranchus areolatus

Pleurobranchus areolatus
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Pleurobranchida
Family: Pleurobranchidae
Genus: Pleurobranchus
Species:
P. areolatus
Binomial name
Pleurobranchus areolatus
Mörch, 1863[1]
Synonyms[6][7]

Pleurobranchus atlanticus Abbott, 1949[2]
Pleurobranchus reesi White, 1952[3]
Susania gardineri White, 1952[3]
Pleurobranchus evelinae Thompson, 1977[4]
Pleurobranchus emys Ev. Marcus, 1984[5]

Pleurobranchus areolatus is a species of pleurobranchid sea slug, a type of marine gastropod mollusc, commonly found in the Caribbean Sea. It is up to 15 cm long and it feeds on ascidians.

  1. ^ Mörch O. A. (1863). "Contributions la faune malacologique des Antilles danoises". Journal de Conchyliologie 11: 21–43. pages 28–29 (in French).
  2. ^ Abbott R. T. (1949). "A new Florida species of the tectibranch genus Pleurobranchus". The Nautilus 62: 73–78, plate 5, figs 1–10.
  3. ^ a b White K. M. (1952). "On a collection of molluscs from Dry Tortugas, Florida". Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 29(2–3): 106–120. pages 106–107, plate 6, figures 1–2.
  4. ^ Thompson T. E. (1977). "Jamaican opisthobranch molluscs I". Journal of Molluscan Studies 43(2): 93–140. pages 108–110, figs 12E, F, 13C–E.
  5. ^ Marcus E. (1984). "The western Atlantic warm water Notaspidea (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia), Part 2". Boletim de Zoologia, Universidade São Paulo 8: 43–76. page 70, figs 62–66.
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