Asteronotus
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Asteronotus is a genus
of sea slug
s, a dorid nudibranch
s, a shell-less marine
gastropod mollusks in the family Discodorididae
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Species brought into synonymy:
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of sea slug
Slug
Slug is a common name that is normally applied to any gastropod mollusc that lacks a shell, has a very reduced shell, or has a small internal shell...
s, a dorid nudibranch
Nudibranch
A nudibranch is a member of what is now a taxonomic clade, and what was previously a suborder, of soft-bodied, marine gastropod mollusks which shed their shell after their larval stage. They are noted for their often extraordinary colors and striking forms...
s, a shell-less marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
gastropod mollusks in the family Discodorididae
Discodorididae
Discodorididae is a taxonomic family of sea slugs, specifically dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Doridoidea. Species in this family belong to the cryptobranch dorid nudibranchs, i.e. they are able to retract their gills into a gill pocket . Most are small and hard to...
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Species
Species in the genus Asteronotus include:- Asteronotus cespitosus van Hasselt, 1824
- Asteronotus mabilla Bergh, 1880
- Asteronotus mimeticus Gosliner & Valdes, 2002
- Asteronotus raripilosa (Abraham, 1877)
- Asteronotus spongicolus Gosliner & Valdes, 2002
Species brought into synonymy:
- Asteronotus hemprichi Ehrenberg, 1831 : synonym of Asteronotus cespitosus van Hasselt, 1824
- Asteronotus trenberthi Burn, 1962: synonym of Sclerodoris trenberthi (Burn, 1962)