Dermatobranchus is a genus of sea slugs, or nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Arminidae.
Biology
Dermatobranchus species feed on octocorals including sea fans and sea pens.
Species
Species within the genus Dermatobranchus include:
- Dermatobranchus albineus <small>Gosliner & Fahey, 2011</small>
- Dermatobranchus albopunctulatus <small>Baba, 1949</small>
- Dermatobranchus albus <small>(Eliot, 1904)</small>
- Dermatobranchus arminus <small>Gosliner & Fahey, 2011</small>
- Dermatobranchus caeruleomaculatus <small>Gosliner & Fahey, 2011</small>
- Dermatobranchus caesitius <small>Gosliner & Fahey, 2011</small>
- Dermatobranchus cymatilis <small>Gosliner & Fahey, 2011</small>
- Dermatobranchus dendronephthyphagus <small>Gosliner & Fahey, 2011</small>
- Dermatobranchus diagonalis <small>Gosliner & Fahey, 2011</small>
- Dermatobranchus earlei <small>Gosliner & Fahey, 2011</small>
- Dermatobranchus fasciatus <small>Gosliner & Fahey, 2011</small>
- Dermatobranchus fortunatus <small>(Bergh, 1888)</small>
- Dermatobranchus funiculus <small>Gosliner & Fahey, 2011</small>
- Dermatobranchus glaber <small>(Eliot, 1908)</small>
- Dermatobranchus gonatophorus <small>van Hasselt, 1824</small>
- Dermatobranchus kalyptos <small>Gosliner & Fahey, 2011</small>
- Dermatobranchus kokonas <small>Gosliner & Fahey, 2011</small>
- Dermatobranchus leoni <small>Gosliner & Fahey, 2011</small>
- Dermatobranchus marginlatus <small>Lin, 1981</small>
- Dermatobranchus microphallus <small>Gosliner & Fahey, 2011</small>
- Dermatobranchus multidentatus <small>Baba, 1949</small>
- Dermatobranchus multistriatus <small>Lin, 1981</small>
- Dermatobranchus nigropunctatus <small>Baba, 1949</small>
- Dermatobranchus oculus <small>Gosliner & Fahey, 2011</small>
- Dermatobranchus ornatus <small>(Bergh, 1874)</small>
- Dermatobranchus otome <small>Baba, 1992</small>
- Dermatobranchus phyllodes <small>Gosliner & Fahey, 2011</small>
- Dermatobranchus piperoides <small>Gosliner & Fahey, 2011</small>
- Dermatobranchus primus <small>Baba, 1976</small>
- Dermatobranchus pustulosus <small>van Hasselt, 1824</small>
- Dermatobranchus rodmani <small>Gosliner & Fahey, 2011</small>
- Dermatobranchus sagamianus <small>Baba, 1949</small>
- Dermatobranchus semilunus <small>Gosliner & Fahey, 2011</small>
- Dermatobranchus semistriatus <small>Baba, 1949</small>
- Dermatobranchus sp. 1 white-ridged nudibranch
- Dermatobranchus sp. 4 brown ridged nudibranch
- Dermatobranchus striatellus <small>Baba, 1949</small>
- Dermatobranchus striatus <small>van Hasselt, 1824</small>
- Dermatobranchus substriatus <small>Baba, 1949</small>
- Dermatobranchus tongshanensis <small>Lin, 1981</small>
- Dermatobranchus tuberculatus <small>Gosliner & Fahey, 2011</small>
Species brought into synonymy:
- Dermatobranchus (Pleuroleura) tongshanensis <small>G.Y. Lin, 1981</small>: synonym of Dermatobranchus tongshanensis <small>G.Y. Lin, 1981</small>
- Dermatobranchus pulcherrimus <small>Miller & Willan, 1986</small>: synonym of Dermatobranchus rubidus <small>(Gould, 1852)</small>
- Dermatobranchus rubidus <small>(Gould, 1852)</small>; synonym of Armina rubida <small>(A. Gould, 1852)</small> (superseded combination)
- Dermatobranchus walteri <small>(Krause, 1892)</small>: synonym of Doridoxa walteri (Krause, 1892)
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