Dermatobranchus is a genus of sea slugs, or nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Arminidae.[2]
| Dermatobranchus | |
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| Dermatobranchus sp. 4 | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Cladobranchia |
| Family: | Arminidae |
| Genus: | Dermatobranchus van Hasselt 1824[1] |
| Type species | |
| Dermatobranchus striatus van Hasselt, 1824 | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Biology
editDermatobranchus species feed on octocorals including sea fans and sea pens.
Species
editSpecies within the genus Dermatobranchus include:
- Dermatobranchus albineus Gosliner & Fahey, 2011
- Dermatobranchus albopunctulatus Baba, 1949
- Dermatobranchus albus (Eliot, 1904)
- Dermatobranchus arminus Gosliner & Fahey, 2011
- Dermatobranchus caeruleomaculatus Gosliner & Fahey, 2011
- Dermatobranchus caesitius Gosliner & Fahey, 2011
- Dermatobranchus cymatilis Gosliner & Fahey, 2011
- Dermatobranchus dendronephthyphagus Gosliner & Fahey, 2011
- Dermatobranchus diagonalis Gosliner & Fahey, 2011
- Dermatobranchus earlei Gosliner & Fahey, 2011
- Dermatobranchus fasciatus Gosliner & Fahey, 2011
- Dermatobranchus fortunatus (Bergh, 1888)
- Dermatobranchus funiculus Gosliner & Fahey, 2011
- Dermatobranchus glaber (Eliot, 1908)
- Dermatobranchus gonatophorus van Hasselt, 1824
- Dermatobranchus kalyptos Gosliner & Fahey, 2011
- Dermatobranchus kokonas Gosliner & Fahey, 2011
- Dermatobranchus leoni Gosliner & Fahey, 2011
- Dermatobranchus marginlatus Lin, 1981
- Dermatobranchus microphallus Gosliner & Fahey, 2011
- Dermatobranchus multidentatus Baba, 1949
- Dermatobranchus multistriatus Lin, 1981
- Dermatobranchus nigropunctatus Baba, 1949
- Dermatobranchus oculus Gosliner & Fahey, 2011
- Dermatobranchus ornatus (Bergh, 1874)
- Dermatobranchus otome Baba, 1992
- Dermatobranchus phyllodes Gosliner & Fahey, 2011
- Dermatobranchus piperoides Gosliner & Fahey, 2011
- Dermatobranchus primus Baba, 1976
- Dermatobranchus pustulosus van Hasselt, 1824
- Dermatobranchus rodmani Gosliner & Fahey, 2011
- Dermatobranchus sagamianus Baba, 1949
- Dermatobranchus semilunus Gosliner & Fahey, 2011
- Dermatobranchus semistriatus Baba, 1949
- Dermatobranchus sp. 1 white-ridged nudibranch[3]
- Dermatobranchus sp. 4 brown ridged nudibranch[3]
- Dermatobranchus striatellus Baba, 1949
- Dermatobranchus striatus van Hasselt, 1824
- Dermatobranchus substriatus Baba, 1949
- Dermatobranchus tongshanensis Lin, 1981
- Dermatobranchus tuberculatus Gosliner & Fahey, 2011
- Species brought into synonymy
- Dermatobranchus (Pleuroleura) tongshanensis G.Y. Lin, 1981: synonym of Dermatobranchus tongshanensis G.Y. Lin, 1981
- Dermatobranchus pulcherrimus Miller & Willan, 1986: synonym of Dermatobranchus rubidus (Gould, 1852)
- Dermatobranchus rubidus (Gould, 1852); synonym of Armina rubida (A. Gould, 1852) (superseded combination)
- Dermatobranchus walteri (Krause, 1892): synonym of Doridoxa walteri (Krause, 1892)
References
edit- ^ van Hasselt J. C. (1824). Alg. Konst. Letterbode, (3) 37; 1824, Bull. des Sci. Nat., 3, 242.
- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2011). Dermatobranchus van Hasselt, 1824. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2012-04-15
- ^ a b Gosliner, T.M. 1987. Nudibranchs of Southern Africa ISBN 0-930118-13-8
External links
edit- Hasselt, J.C. van (1824). "In: A. Férussac. Extrait d'une lettre du Dr. J. C. van Hasselt au Prof. van Swinderen, sur mollusques de Java (traduit de l'Algem. konst en letterbode, 1824, nos. 2, 3, 4.) Tjuringe (île Java), le 25 mai 1823 (I)". Bulletin des Sciences Naturelle et de Géologie. 3: 237–245.
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