Biology:Polybranchia orientalis

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Short description: Species of gastropod


Polybranchia orientalis
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A live individual of Polybranchia orientalis about 2 cm in length, head end towards the top of the image
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
(unranked):
Superfamily:
Family:
Genus:
Species:
P. orientalis
Binomial name
Polybranchia orientalis
(Kelaart, 1858)[1]
Synonyms[2]

Proctonotus orientalis Kelaart, 1858

Polybranchia orientalis is a species of sacoglossan sea slug, a shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusk in the family Caliphyllidae.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.

References

  1. Kelaart E. F. (1858). "Description of new and little known species of Ceylon nudibranchiate molluscs and zoophytes". Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, Columbo, 3(1): 84-139.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Bouchet, P. (2011). Polybranchia orientalis (Kelaart, 1858). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=494520 on 2011-04-12
  • Jensen K.R. (2007) Biogeography of the Sacoglossa (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia). Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 55:255–281

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q7226175 entry