Pleurobranchus forskalii

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Pleurobranchus forskalii
File:Pleurobranchus forskali.jpg
A live Pleurobranchus forskalii, head end towards the upper left
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Pleurobranchida
Family: Pleurobranchidae
Genus: Pleurobranchus
Species:
P. forskalii
Binomial name
Pleurobranchus forskalii
Synonyms

Pleurobranchus forskali

Pleurobranchus forskalii is a species of side-gill sea slug, a notaspidean, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pleurobranchidae.[1]

File:Pleurobranchus forskali (Sidegill slug).jpg
A pale individual of Pleurobranchus forskalii, head end towards the lower right
File:Forskals Pleurobranche.JPG
An entirely dark individual of Pleurobranchus forskalii, head end towards the upper left

The specific name was coined in honor of Peter Forsskål.

Distribution

This species occurs in:

  • European waters[1]
  • Mediterranean Sea[1]
  • Red Sea[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Gofas, S. (2009). Pleurobranchus forskalii (Rüppell & Leuckart, 1831). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2009) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140819 on 2010-05-18

External links

  • Jochum, A., & Favre, A. (2017). "First record of the sea slug Stylocheilus striatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)(Anaspidea, Aplysiidae) and swarming behavior for Bazaruto Archipelago, Mozambique with the first record of Pleurobranchus forskalii Rüppel & Leuckart, 1828 (Nudipleura, Pleurobranchidae) for Bazaruto Island (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia)". Check List 13(5): 435-441. doi:10.15560/13.5.435
  • Photos of Pleurobranchus forskalii on Sealife Collection