Plakobranchus
| Plakobranchus | |
|---|---|
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| Two Plakobranchus ocellatus seaslugs | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): |
clade Heterobranchia informal group Opisthobranchia |
| Superfamily: | Plakobranchoidea |
| Family: | Plakobranchidae |
| Genus: |
Plakobranchus van Hasselt, 1824 [1] |
| Synonyms | |
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Placobranchus Hasselt, 1824 |
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informal group Opisthobranchia
clade Sacoglossa
clade Plakobranchacea
Placobranchus Hasselt, 1824
Plakobranchus is a genus of sea slugs, sacoglossans, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Plakobranchidae.
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 within the genus Plakobranchus include:
Recent work on the photosynthetic abilities of Plakobranchus reveals that P. ocellatus is actually a species complex.
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