Polybranchia (gastropod)

Polybranchia
A live individual of Polybranchia orientalis, head end towards the top of the image
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Family: Hermaeidae
Genus: Polybranchia
Pease, 1860[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Branchophyllum Pruvot-Fol, 1947
  • Lobifera Pease, 1866 (Unnecessary substitute name for Polybranchia Pease, 1860)
  • Phyllobranchillus Pruvot-Fol, 1933
  • Phyllobranchus Alder & Hancock, 1864 (Invalid: junior homonym of Phyllobranchus Girard, 1851 [Annelida]; Phyllobranchillus and Branchophyllum are replacement names)

Polybranchia is a genus of sacoglossan sea slugs, shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Hermaeidae.[2]

  1. ^ Pease W. H. (1860). Proc. zool. Soc. London 28: 141.
  2. ^ a b WoRMS : Polybranchia accessed : 16 October 2022

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