Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Opisthobranchia > Order Pleurobranchomorpha > Superfamily Pleurobranchoidea > Family Pleurobranchidae > Genus Pleurobranchus

Pleurobranchus forskalii Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pleurobranchus*	Cuvier, 1804	accepted genus name
*Oscanius*	Leach in Gray, 1847	synonym

Species group names

*Oscanius semperi*	Vayssière, 1897	synonym
*Pleurobranchus perrieri*	Vayssière, 1897	synonym

Literature

original description	Rüppell E. & Leuckart F.S. (1828-1830). Mollusca [in] Atlas zu des Reise im Nordlichen Afrika von Eduard Rüppell. 1. Abth. Zoologie. 5. Neue wirbellose Thiere des Rothen Meers. Frankfurt, H.L. Brönner pp. 1-22, pl. 1-12 [1828], pp. 23-47 [probably 1830]
basis of record	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
additional source	Streftaris, N.; Zenetos, A.; Papathanassiou, E. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 43: 419-453
additional source	Yonow N. (2008) Sea slugs of the Red Sea. 304 pp. Sofia-Moscow: Pensoft.
status source	ICZN 1993. Opinion 1767. Pleurobranchus forskalii Ruppell & Leuckart, [1828] and P. testudinarius Cantraine, 1835 (Mollusca, Gastropoda): specific names conserved. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 51(2): 164-165.

Taxon found in 10 publications.

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Taxonomy

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External Links

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Citation

Caballer, M.; Gofas, S. (2014). Pleurobranchus forskalii Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140819