Asteronotus is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs in the family Discodorididae.[2][3][4]
| Asteronotus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Family: | Discodorididae |
| Genus: | Asteronotus Ehrenberg, 1831[1] |
Species
editSpecies in the genus Asteronotus include:[2]
- Asteronotus cespitosus van Hasselt, 1824
- Asteronotus hepaticus (Abraham, 1877)
- Asteronotus mabilla (Abraham, 1877)
- Asteronotus mimeticus Gosliner & Valdes, 2002
- Asteronotus raripilosus (Abraham, 1877)
- Asteronotus spongicolus Gosliner & Valdes, 2002
- Species brought into synonymy
- Asteronotus bertrana Bergh, L.S.R., 1878: synonym of Asteronotus cespitosus van Hasselt, 1824
- Asteronotus brassica Allan, J.K., 1932: synonym of Asteronotus cespitosus van Hasselt, 1824
- Asteronotus fuscus O'Donoghue, C.H., 1924: synonym of Asteronotus cespitosus van Hasselt, 1824
- Asteronotus hemprichi Ehrenberg, 1831: synonym of Asteronotus cespitosus van Hasselt, 1824
- Asteronotus madrasensis O'Donoghue, C.H., 1932: synonym of Asteronotus cespitosus van Hasselt, 1824
- Asteronotus mabilla Bergh, L.S.R., 1878: synonym of Asteronotus cespitosus van Hasselt, 1824
- Asteronotus trenberthi Burn, 1962: synonym of Sclerodoris trenberthi (Burn, 1962)
References
edit- ^ Ehrenberg, C.G. 1831. [1828-1831] Symbolae physicae seu icones et descriptiones animalium evertebratorum sepositis insectis quae ex itinere per Africam Borealem et Asiam Occidentalem - novae aut illustratae redierunt. Decas 1 Mollusca.
- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2011). Asteronotus Ehrenberg, 1831. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2011-08-23.
- ^ Valdés Á. (2002). A phylogenetic analysis and systematic revision of the cryptobranch dorids (Mollusca, Nudibranchia, Anthobranchia). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 136: 535-636
- ^ Dayrat B. (2010). A monographic revision of discodorid sea slugs (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia, Nudibranchia, Doridina). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Series 4, vol. 61, suppl. I, 1-403, 382 figs.