Biology:Placida

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Short description: Genus of gastropods

Placida
Sacoglossa-Placida Cremoniana (16037118829).jpg
Placida cremoniana
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Superorder: Sacoglossa
Superfamily: Limapontioidea
Family: Limapontiidae
Genus: Placida
Trinchese, 1876
Synonyms

Laura Trinchese, 1873 (Invalid: junior homonym of Laura Lacaze-Duthiers, 1873; Placida is a replacement name )

Placida is a genus of very small or minute sea slugs, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Limapontiidae.[1]

Although similar in appearance to nudibranchs, species in this genus are actually Sacoglossans.

Species

Species within this genus include:[1]

  • Placida aoteana (Powell, 1937)
  • Placida babai Ev. Marcus, 1982
  • Placida barackobamai McCarthy, Krug & Valdés, 2017
  • Placida brevirhina (Trinchese, 1874)
  • Placida brookae McCarthy, Krug & Valdés, 2017
  • Placida cremoniana (Trinchese, 1892)
  • Placida dakariensis (Pruvot-Fol, 1953)
  • Placida dendritica (Alder and Hancock, 1843)
  • Placida fralila Burn, 1966
  • Placida kevinleei McCarthy, Krug & Valdés, 2017
  • Placida kingstoni T. E. Thompson, 1977
  • Placida saronica (T.E. Thompson, 1988)
  • Placida sudamericana Cetra, Gutiérrez Gregoric & Roche, 2021
  • Placida tardyi (Trinchese, 1873)
  • Placida verticillata Ortea, 1981
  • Placida viridis (Trinchese, 1873)
Synonyms
  • Placida brevicornis (A. Costa, 1867): synonym of Placida dendritica (Alder & Hancock, 1843)
Taxa inquirenda
  • Placida capensis Macnae, 1954
  • Placida daguilarensis Jensen, 1990 (taxon inquirendum)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 WoRMS : Placida accessed : 13 October 2010]

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3198768 entry