Loy (gastropod)
| Loy | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Superfamily: | Onchidoridoidea |
| Family: | Corambidae |
| Genus: | Loy Martynov, 1994[1] |
| Type species | |
| Loy meyeni Martynov, 1994 | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Loy is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Corambidae within the superfamily Onchidoridoidea.[3][2]
Species
[edit]Species within the genus Loy include:[3]
- Loy meyeni Martynov, 1994 [4]
- Loy millenae Martynov, 1994
- Loy thompsoni (Millen & Nybakken, 1991) [5]
References
[edit]- ^ Martynov A. V. (1994) "Materials for the revision of nudibranchiate molluscs of the family Corambidae (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia) Taxonomy. Communication 1." Zoologichesky Zhurnal 73(10): 3-14.
- ^ a b WoRMS : Loy; accessed : 23 October 2010
- ^ a b Behrens, D.W.; Alicia Hermosillo (2005). Eastern Pacific nudibranch, a guide to the opisthobranchs from Alaska to Central America. Monterey, California: Sea Challengers. pp. 137 pp.
- ^ Valdés A. & Bouchet P. (1998) A blind abyssal Corambidae (Mollusca, Nudibranchia) from the Norwegian Sea, with a reevaluation of the systematics of the family. Sarsia 83:15-20.
- ^ Behrens, D.W.; Alicia Hermosillo (2005). Eastern Pacific nudibranch, a guide to the opisthobranchs from Alaska to Central America. Monterey, California: Sea Challengers. pp. 137 pp.