Polybranchia (gastropod)

Polybranchia
	A live individual of Polybranchia orientalis, head end towards the top of the image
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Heterobranchia; informal group Opisthobranchia; clade Sacoglossa; clade Plakobranchacea
Superfamily:	Plakobranchoidea
Family:	Hermaeidae
Genus:	Polybranchia; Pease, 1860
Synonyms
	Branchophyllum Pruvot-Fol, 1947; Lobifera Pease, 1866 (Unnecessary substitute name for Polybranchia Pease, 1860); Phyllobranchillus Pruvot-Fol, 1933; Phyllobranchus Alder & Hancock, 1864 (Invalid: junior homonym of Phyllobranchus Girard, 1851 [Annelida]; Phyllobranchillus and Branchophyllum are replacement names);

Polybranchia is a genus of sacoglossan sea slugs, shell-less marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Hermaeidae.^[2]

Species[edit]

Species within the genus Polybranchia include:^[2]

^ Pease W. H. (1860). Proc. zool. Soc. London 28: 141.
^ ^a ^b ^c WoRMS : Polybranchia accessed : 16 October 2022
^ Rudman, W.B., (17 December 2001) "Polybranchia sp. 1". Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Accessed 14 January 2009.

Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180–213

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