Nembrotha is a genus of sea slugs, nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Polyceridae.
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| Nembrotha lineolata (to the right with head uppermost) laying a bright orange egg spiral on a purple and white sea squirt Polycarpa aurata, (to the left). | |
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| Nembrotha cristata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Superfamily: | Polyceroidea |
| Family: | Polyceridae |
| Subfamily: | Nembrothinae |
| Genus: | Nembrotha Bergh, 1877[1] |
Nembrotha is the type genus of the subfamily Nembrothinae.
Species
editSpecies in the genus Nembrotha include:
- Nembrotha aurea Pola, Cervera & Gosliner, 2008[2]
- Nembrotha chamberlaini Gosliner & Behrens, 1997
- Nembrotha cristata Bergh, 1877
- Nembrotha kubaryana Bergh, 1877
- Nembrotha lineolata Bergh, 1905
- Nembrotha livingstonei Sllan, 1933
- Nembrotha megalocera Yonow, 1990
- Nembrotha milleri Gosliner & Behrens, 1997
- Nembrotha mullineri Gosliner & Behrens, 1997
- Nembrotha purpureolineata O'Donoghue, 1924
- Nembrotha rosannulata Pola, Cervera & Gosliner, 2008[2]
- Nembrotha yonowae Goethel & Debelius, 1992
- Species brought into synonymy
- Nembrotha affinis Eliot, 1904: synonym of Tambja affinis (Eliot, 1904)
- Nembrotha arnoldi Burn, 1957 : synonym of Gymnodoris arnoldi (Burn, 1957)
- Nembrotha capensis Bergh, 1907: synonym of Tambja capensis (Bergh, 1907)
- Nembrotha diaphana Bergh, 1877: synonym of Tambja diaphana (Bergh, 1877)
- Nembrotha divae Er. Marcus, 1958: synonym of Martadoris divae (Er. Marcus, 1958)
- Nembrotha edwardsi (Angas, 1864): synonym of Crimora edwardsi (Angas, 1864)
- Nembrotha eliora Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1967: synonym of Tambja eliora (Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1967)
- Nembrotha gracilis Bergh, 1877: synonym of Roboastra gracilis (Bergh, 1877)
- Nembrotha gratiosa Bergh, 1890: synonym of Tambja gratiosa (Bergh, 1890)
- Nembrotha guttata Yonow, 1993: synonym of Nembrotha yonowae Goethel & Debelius, 1992
- Nembrotha hubbsi Lance, 1968: synonym of Tambja eliora (Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1967)
- Nembrotha limaciformis Eliot, 1908: synonym of Martadoris limaciformis (Eliot, 1908)
- Nembrotha morosa Bergh, 1877: synonym of Tambja morosa (Bergh, 1877)
- Nembrotha nigerrima Bergh, 1877: synonym of Nembrotha kubaryana Bergh, 1877[2][3][4]
- Nembrotha rutilans Pruvot-Fol, 1931: synonym of Nembrotha purpureolineata O'Donoghue, 1924[2]
- Nembrotha sagamiana Baba, 1955: synonym of Tambja sagamiana (Baba, 1955)
- Nembrotha tabescens (Risbec, 1928): synonym of Martadoris limaciformis (Eliot, 1908)
- Nembrotha verconis Basedow & Hedley, 1905: synonym of Tambja verconis (Basedow & Hedley, 1905)
References
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- ^ Bergh R. (1877) In: Semper. Reis. Arch. Philipp. 2, Bd. 2, Heft 11: 450.
- ^ a b c d Pola M., Cervera J. L. & Gosliner T. M. (2008) "Revision of the Indo-Pacific genus Nembrotha (Nudibranchia: Dorididae: Polyceridae), with description of two new species". Scientia Marina 72(1): 145-183. doi:10.3989/scimar.2008.72n1145
- ^ Pola M., Cervera J. L. & Gosliner T. M. (2008) "Description of the First Roboastra Species (Nudibranchia, Polyceridae, Nembrothinae) from the Western Atlantic". Bulletin of Marine Science 83(2): 391-399.
- ^ Rudman, W.B., 2008 (Feb 29) Re: Nembrotha kubaryana or Nembrotha nigerrima?. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.