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Pleurobranchus

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A grand pleurobranch (Pleurobranchus grandis) off Dahab, Egypt.

Pleurobranchus is a genus of sea slugs, specifically side-gill slugs, marine gastropod mollusc in the family Pleurobranchidae.^[1]^[2]

They typically occur in intertidal and shallow subtidal waters of tropical and subtropical seas worldwide.^[2]

As of November 2021, the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) recognizes following species as valid:^[1]

Goodheart et al. (2015)^[2] recognized 14 valid species, while Alvim & Pimenta (2016)^[4] recognized one other species.

^ ^a ^b ^c 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). "Pleurobranchus Cuvier, 1804". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c Goodheart, Jessica; Camacho-García, Yolanda; Padula, Vinicius; Schrödl, Michael; Cervera, Juan L.; Gosliner, Terrence M. & Valdés, Ángel (2015). "Systematics and biogeography of Pleurobranchus Cuvier, 1804, sea slugs (Heterobranchia: Nudipleura: Pleurobranchidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 174 (2): 322–362. doi:10.1111/zoj.12237.
^ Pease W. H. (1868). "Descriptions of marine Gasteropodae, inhabiting Polynesia". American Journal of Conchology 4(2): 71–80, Pls. 7–10.
^ Alvim J. & Pimenta A.D. (2016). Comparative morphology and redescription of Pleurobranchus species (Gastropoda, Pleurobranchoidea) from Brazil. Zoological Studies. 55: 15.

Bergh, L. S. R. 1897-1902. System der Nudibranchiaten Gasteropoden. Malacologische Untersuchungen. In: Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen von Dr. Carl Gottfried Semper. Zweiter Theil. Wissenschaftliche Resultate. Band 7, Theil 5.