Biology:Philinopsis
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Short description: Genus of gastropods
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| A live individual of Philinopsis speciosa in situ | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Order: | Cephalaspidea |
| Family: | Aglajidae |
| Genus: | Philinopsis Pease, 1860[1] |
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Philiopsis is a genus of often colorful, medium-sized sea slugs, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks. These are not nudibranchs; instead they are headshield slugs, in the clade Cephalaspidea.[1]
Species
Recognized species within the genus Philinopsis are:[1]
- Philinopsis aliciae Gosliner, 2015
- Ortea, Moro & Espinosa, 2007 Gosliner, 2015
- (Tchang-Si, 1934) Philinopsis nuttalli
- Philinopsis ctenophoraphaga (Pilsbry, 1895)
- Philinopsis batabanoensis Gosliner, 2011
- (Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1966) (Rudman, 1968)
- Philinopsis quinza Philinopsis depicta
- (Ev. Marcus, 1979) Philinopsis bagaensis
- Ortea, Moro & Espinosa, 2007 (Renier, 1807)
- Pease, 1860 Philinopsis pusa
- Philinopsis taronga Philinopsis dubia
- (Allan, 1933) Philinopsis troubridgensis
- Philinopsis buntot (O'Donoghue, 1929)
- (Verco, 1909) Philinopsis speciosa
- Philinopsis virgo Philinopsis minor
References
Further reading
- Rudman W. B. (1972). "A comparative study of the genus Philinopsis Pease, 1860 (Aglajidae, Opisthobranchia)". Pacific Science 26(4): 381-399. https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10125/443
- Pease, W.H. (1860) Descriptions of new species of Mollusca from the Sandwich Islands (Part II). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1860, 141–148.
- Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213
- Ortea, Moro & Espinosa (2007). Revista Academia Canar. Cienc. XVIII (4) : 33-52
- Gosliner T.M. (2011) Six new species of aglajid opisthobranch mollusks from the tropical Indo-Pacific. Zootaxa 2751: 1–24. page 7
Wikidata ☰ Q17144414 entry
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