Polybranchia orientalis | |
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A live individual of Polybranchia orientalis about 2 cm in length, 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 |
Species: | P. orientalis |
Binomial name | |
Polybranchia orientalis (Kelaart, 1858) |
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Synonyms | |
Proctonotus orientalis Kelaart, 1858 |
Proctonotus orientalis Kelaart, 1858
Polybranchia orientalis is a species of sacoglossan sea slug, a shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Caliphyllidae.
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.