Pleurobranchus grandis

Pleurobranchus grandis is a species of sidegill slug, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pleurobranchidae. Also known as Cuban dancer.

Pleurobranchus grandis in situ, head end towards the right, off Dahab, Egypt, in the Red Sea, 2003

Pleurobranchus grandis
A live Pleurobranchus grandis in situ, head end towards the left, off Hurghada, Egypt, in the Red Sea, 2008
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Pleurobranchomorpha
Superfamily:
Pleurobranchoidea
Family:
Pleurobranchidae
Subfamily:
Pleurobranchinae
Tribe:
Pleurobranchini
Genus:
Pleurobranchus
Species:
P. grandis
Binomial name
Pleurobranchus grandis
W. H. Pease, 1868

References


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