Plakobranchus is a genus of sea slugs, sacoglossans, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Plakobranchidae.
The author of the genus spelled the name originally as Plakobranchus, but the spelling Placobranchus was a long time the prevailing usage, based on an incorrect subsequent spelling by Férussac (1824) in a translation of van Hasselt's work.
Species
Species within the genus Plakobranchus include:
Recent work on the photosynthetic abilities of Plakobranchus reveals that P. ocellatus is actually a species complex.
Synonyms:
- Plakobranchus argus <small>Bergh, 1872</small>: synonym of Plakobranchus ocellatus <small>van Hasselt, 1824</small>
- Plakobranchus camiguinus <small>Bergh, 1872</small>: synonym of Plakobranchus ocellatus <small>van Hasselt, 1824</small>
- Plakobranchus chlorophacus <small>Bergh, 1873</small>: synonym of Plakobranchus ocellatus <small>van Hasselt, 1824</small>
- Plakobranchus guttatus <small>Stimpson, 1855</small>: synonym of Plakobranchus ocellatus <small>van Hasselt, 1824</small>
- Plakobranchus ianthobaptus <small>Gould, 1852</small>: synonym of Plakobranchus ocellatus <small>van Hasselt, 1824</small>
- Plakobranchus laetus <small>Bergh, 1872</small>: synonym of Plakobranchus ocellatus <small>van Hasselt, 1824</small>
- Plakobranchus moebii <small>Bergh, 1888</small>: synonym of Thuridilla moebii <small>(Bergh, 1888)</small> (original combination)
- Plakobranchus priapinus <small>Bergh, 1872</small>: synonym of Plakobranchus ocellatus <small>van Hasselt, 1824</small>
- Plakobranchus punctulatus <small>Bergh, 1872</small>: synonym of Plakobranchus ocellatus <small>van Hasselt, 1824</small>
- Plakobranchus virgata <small>Bergh, 1888</small>: synonym of Thuridilla virgata <small>(Bergh, 1888)</small> (original combination)
References
- Trowbridge C.D., Hirano Y.M. & Hirano Y.J. (2011) Inventory of Japanese sacoglossan opisthobranchs: Historical review, current records, and unresolved issues. American Malacological Bulletin 29: 1-22.
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