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Polybranchia (gastropod)

Polybranchia
Polybranchia orientalis.png
A live individual of Polybranchia orientalis, head end towards the top of the image
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
informal group Opisthobranchia
clade Sacoglossa
clade Plakobranchacea
Superfamily: Limapontioidea
Family: Caliphyllidae
Genus: Polybranchia
Pease, 1860
Synonyms
  • Branchophyllum Pruvot-Fol, 1947
  • Lobifera Pease, 1866 (Unnecessary substitute name for Polybranchia Pease, 1860)
  • Phyllobranchillus Pruvot-Fol, 1933
  • Phyllobranchus Alder & Hancock, 1864 (Invalid: junior homonym of Phyllobranchus Girard, 1851 [Annelida]; Phyllobranchillus and Branchophyllum are replacement names)

Polybranchia is a genus of sacoglossan sea slugs, shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Caliphyllidae.

Species within the genus Polybranchia include:



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