Pleurobranchaea is a genus of sea slugs, specifically sidegill slugs or notaspideans. These are marine gastropod molluscs in the family Pleurobranchaeidae. The genus is differentiated from other sidegill slugs by its rhinophores, which are well separated, rather than being joined under the notum. This genus has recently been coined sea owls which is the common name in Japanese for Pleurobranchaea japonica.
Species
Species in the genus Pleurobranchaea include:
- Pleurobranchaea agassizii <small> R. Bergh, 1897 </small>
- Pleurobranchaea augusta <small>Ev. Marcus & Gosliner, 1984</small>
- Pleurobranchaea britannica Turani, Carmona, Barry, Close, Bullimore & Cervera, 2024
- Pleurobranchaea brockii <small>Bergh, 1897</small>
- Pleurobranchaea bubala <small>Marcus and Gosliner, 1984</small>
- Pleurobranchaea californica <small>MacFarland, 1966</small>
- Pleurobranchaea catherinae <small>Dayrat, 2001</small>
- Pleurobranchaea gela <small>Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1966</small>
- Pleurobranchaea inconspicua <small>Bergh, 1897</small>
- Pleurobranchaea japonica <small> J. Thiele, 1925 </small>
- Pleurobranchaea maculata <small>(Quoy and Gaimard, 1832)</small>
- Pleurobranchaea meckeli <small>(Blainville, 1825)</small>
- Pleurobranchaea morosa <small>(Bergh, 1892)</small>
- Pleurobranchaea obesa <small> (A. E. Verrill, 1882)</small>
- Pleurobranchaea spiroporphyra <small>Alvim, Simone & Pimenta, 2014</small>
- Pleurobranchaea tarda <small>A. E. Verrill, 1880</small>
Species brought into synonymy:
- Pleurobranchaea bonnieae <small> Ev. Marcus and Gosliner, 1984 </small>: synonym of Pleurobranchaea inconspicua <small>Bergh, 1897</small>
- Pleurobranchaea chiajei <small>Locard, 1886</small>: synonym of Pleurobranchaea meckeli <small>(Blainville, 1825)</small>
- Pleurobranchaea confusa <small>Ev. Marcus & Gosliner, 1984</small>: synonym of Pleurobranchaea obesa <small>(A. E. Verrill, 1882)</small>
- Pleurobranchaea dellechiaii <small>Vérany, 1846</small>: synonym of Pleurobranchaea meckeli <small>(Blainville, 1825)</small>
- Pleurobranchaea gemini <small>Macnae, 1962</small>: synonym of Pleurobranchaea brockii <small>Bergh, 1897</small>
- Pleurobranchaea hamva <small>Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1955</small>: synonym of Pleurobranchaea inconspicua <small>Bergh, 1897</small>
- Pleurobranchaea hedgpethi <small>Abbott, 1952</small>: synonym of Pleurobranchaea inconspicua <small>Bergh, 1897</small>
- Pleurobranchaea notmec <small>Ev. Marcus & Gosliner, 1984</small>: synonym of Pleurobranchaea meckeli <small>(Blainville, 1825)</small>
- Pleurobranchaea novaezealandiae <small>Cheeseman, 1878</small>: synonym of Pleurobranchaea maculata <small>(Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)</small>
- Pleurobranchaea vayssierei <small>Ev. Marcus & Gosliner, 1984</small>: synonym of Pleurobranchaea meckeli <small>(Blainville, 1825)</small>
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