Plakobranchus

Plakobranchus
Two Plakobranchus ocellatus seaslugs
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia

informal group Opisthobranchia
clade Sacoglossa
clade Plakobranchacea

Superfamily: Plakobranchoidea
Family: Plakobranchidae
Genus: Plakobranchus
van Hasselt, 1824
Synonyms[1]

Placobranchus Hasselt, 1824

Plakobranchus is a genus of sea slugs, sacoglossans, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Plakobranchidae. [1]

The author of the genus spelled the name originally as Plakobranchus, but the spelling Placobranchus was a long time the prevailing usage, based on an incorrect subsequent spelling by Férussac (1824) in a translation of van Hasselt's work.

Species

Species within the genus Plakobranchus include:

Recent work on the photosynthetic abilities of Plakobranchus reveals that P. ocellatus is actually a species complex.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Gofas, S. (2012). Plakobranchus van Hasselt, 1824. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2012-03-08
  2. Christa G., Wescott L., Schäberle T.F., König G.M., Wägele H., (2013) What remains after 2 months of starvation? Analysis of sequestered algae in a photosynthetic slug, Plakobranchus ocellatus (Sacoglossa, Opisthobranchia), by barcoding. Planta. Feb;237(2):559-72. doi: 10.1007/s00425-012-1788-6. Epub 2012 Oct 30.
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