Pleurobranchus forskalii

Pleurobranchus forskalii
A live Pleurobranchus forskalii, head end towards the upper left
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Order:	Pleurobranchida
Family:	Pleurobranchidae
Genus:	Pleurobranchus
Species:	P. forskalii
Binomial name
Pleurobranchus forskalii Rueppell & Leuckart, 1828
Synonyms
Pleurobranchus forskali

Pleurobranchus forskalii is a species of side-gill sea slug, a notaspidean, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pleurobranchidae.[1]

A pale individual of Pleurobranchus forskalii, head end towards the lower right

An entirely dark individual of Pleurobranchus forskalii, head end towards the upper left

The specific name was coined in honor of Peter Forsskål.

Distribution

This species occurs in:

• European waters[1]
• Mediterranean Sea[1]
• Red Sea[1]

References

1. Gofas, S. (2009). Pleurobranchus forskalii (Rüppell & Leuckart, 1831). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2009) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140819 on 2010-05-18

External links

• Jochum, A., & Favre, A. (2017). "First record of the sea slug Stylocheilus striatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)(Anaspidea, Aplysiidae) and swarming behavior for Bazaruto Archipelago, Mozambique with the first record of Pleurobranchus forskalii Rüppel & Leuckart, 1828 (Nudipleura, Pleurobranchidae) for Bazaruto Island (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia)". Check List 13(5): 435-441. doi:10.15560/13.5.435
• Photos of Pleurobranchus forskalii on Sealife Collection