Philinopsis
A live individual of Philinopsis speciosa in situ
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Cephalaspidea
Family: Aglajidae
Genus: Philinopsis
Pease, 1860[1]
Synonyms[1]

Philiopsis is a genus of often colorful, medium-sized sea slugs, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks. These are not nudibranchs; instead they are headshield slugs, in the clade Cephalaspidea.[1]

Species

Recognized species within the genus Philinopsis are:[1]

  • Philinopsis aliciae Gosliner, 2015
  • Philinopsis bagaensis Ortea, Moro & Espinosa, 2007
  • Philinopsis batabanoensis Ortea, Moro & Espinosa, 2007
  • Philinopsis buntot Gosliner, 2015
  • Philinopsis ctenophoraphaga Gosliner, 2011
  • Philinopsis depicta (Renier, 1807)
  • Philinopsis dubia (O'Donoghue, 1929)
  • Philinopsis minor (Tchang-Si, 1934)
  • Philinopsis nuttalli (Pilsbry, 1895)
  • Philinopsis pusa (Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1966)
  • Philinopsis quinza (Ev. Marcus, 1979)
  • Philinopsis speciosa Pease, 1860
  • Philinopsis taronga (Allan, 1933)
  • Philinopsis troubridgensis (Verco, 1909)
  • Philinopsis virgo (Rudman, 1968)

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2021). "Philinopsis Pease, 1860". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 16 August 2021.

Further reading

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  • Rudman W. B. (1972). "A comparative study of the genus Philinopsis Pease, 1860 (Aglajidae, Opisthobranchia)". Pacific Science 26(4): 381-399. https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10125/443
  • Pease, W.H. (1860) Descriptions of new species of Mollusca from the Sandwich Islands (Part II). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1860, 141–148.
  • 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
  • Ortea, Moro & Espinosa (2007). Revista Academia Canar. Cienc. XVIII (4) : 33-52
  • Gosliner T.M. (2011) Six new species of aglajid opisthobranch mollusks from the tropical Indo-Pacific. Zootaxa 2751: 1–24. page 7


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