Dermatobranchus
Encyclopedia
Dermatobranchus is a genus
of sea slug
s, or nudibranch
s, marine
gastropod molluscs in the family Arminidae
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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, or 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, 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 molluscs in the family Arminidae
Arminidae
Arminidae is a family of sea slugs, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Arminoidea.- Taxonomy :The Arminidae family is classified within the clade Cladobranchia, itself belonging to the clade Nudibranchia .This family has been renamed several times...
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Species
Species within the genus Dermatobranchus include:- Dermatobranchus albus (Eliot, 1904)
- Dermatobranchus gonatophora van Hasselt, 1824
- Dermatobranchus nigropunctatus Baba, 1949
- Dermatobranchus ornatus (Bergh, 1874)
- Dermatobranchus otome Baba, 1992
- Dermatobranchus pulcherrimus Miller & Willan, 1986
- Dermatobranchus sp. 1 white-ridged nudibranchWhite-ridged nudibranchThe white-ridged nudibranch, Dermatobranchus sp. 1, as designated by Gosliner, 1987, is a species of nudibranch. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Arminidae...
- Dermatobranchus sp. 4 brown ridged nudibranchBrown ridged nudibranchThe brown ridged nudibranch, Dermatobranchus sp. 4, as designated by Gosliner, 1987, is a species of nudibranch. It is a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Arminidae. As at November 2009, it remained undescribed by science.-Distribution:...
- Dermatobranchus striatellus Baba, 1949