Pleurobranchaea cf. japonica

Order: NOTASPIDEA
Superfamily: PLEUROBRANCHOIDEA
Family: Pleurobranchidae

PHOTO

Animal with egg ribbon. Sasu Harbor,  Jeju Island, Sth Korea. Depth: 5 m. Length: about 60mm. 27 June 2004. Sandy bottom with Rock. Photographer: Dong Jin Jwa

Pleurobranchaea  japonica Thiele, 1925 is considered by Marcus & Gosliner (1984) to be unidentifiable from Thiele's original description. They suspect it is possibly a synonym of P. maculata. The photo here is of an animal from Sth Korea identified by Dong Bum Koh as P. japonica.

  • Marcus, Ev. & Gosliner,T.M. (1984) Review of the family Pleurobranchaeidae (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia). Annals of the South African Museum, 93: 1-52, Figs 1-25.
Authorship details
Rudman, W.B., 2005 (April 23) Pleurobranchaea cf. japonica [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/pleucfjapo

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