Dermatobranchus

Dermatobranchus is a genus of sea slugs, or nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Arminidae.[2]

Dermatobranchus
Dermatobranchus sp. 4
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Dermatobranchus

van Hasselt 1824[1]
Type species
Dermatobranchus striatus van Hasselt, 1824
Synonyms[2]
  • Dermatobranchopsis Baba, 1949
  • Pleuroleura Bergh, 1874

Biology

Dermatobranchus species feed on octocorals including sea fans and sea pens.

Species

Species within the genus Dermatobranchus include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Dermatobranchus pulcherrimus Miller & Willan, 1986: synonym of Dermatobranchus rubidus (Gould, 1852)
  • Dermatobranchus walteri (Krause, 1892): synonym of Doridoxa walteri (Krause, 1892)
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References

  1. van Hasselt J. C. (1824). Alg. Konst. Letterbode, (3) 37; 1824, Bull. des Sci. Nat., 3, 242.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2011). Dermatobranchus van Hasselt, 1824. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2012-04-15
  3. Gosliner, T.M. 1987. Nudibranchs of Southern Africa ISBN 0-930118-13-8
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