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Philinopsis

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

Description

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(Original description) Animal: The head disk is large, oblong-oval to triangular in shape, and does not extend beyond the foot. Behind the head disk, the body forms a convex, fleshy lobe that begins beneath the overlapping head disk and extends to or just past the posterior portion of the foot. This lobe is truncated at the rear, with the truncation bordered by an undulated or crenated crest. Eyes are not visible. The mouth is proboscidiform, positioned between the cephalic disk and foot, and may have a pair of tentacles on either side. The foot is large, rounded, and reflected at the sides. A branchial plume is located near the posterior end of the body, curving around near the truncated end of the foot. The shell is concealed within this truncated end. [2]

Species

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Recognized species within the genus Philinopsis are:[1]

Synonyms

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d 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.
  2. ^ Pease, W.H. (1860). "Descriptions of new species of Mollusca from the Sandwich Islands". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 28: 21. Retrieved 29 October 2024.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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