Asperspina Explained

Asperspina is a genus of sea slugs, marine gastropod mollusks within the clade Acochlidiacea.

Taxonomy

Asperspinidae has been listed as a synonym of Parhedylidae in the taxonomy of Bouchet & Rocroi (2005).

Sensu Schrödl & Neusser (2010)^[1] is Asperspina is the only genus in the family Asperspinidae.^[1] Minicheviellidae is a junior synonym of Asperspinidae.^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Asperspina include:

• Asperspina brambelli (Swedmark, 1968)^[1]
• Asperspina murmanica (Kudinskaya & Minichev, 1978)^[1] - synonym: Minicheviella murmanica (Kuchinskaja & Minichev, 1978)
• Asperspina rhopalotecta Salvini-Plawen, 1973^[1]
• Asperspina loricata (Swedmark, 1968)^[1]
• Asperspina riseri (Morse, 1976)^[1]

Further reading

• "Heartless and primitive? 3D reconstruction of the polar acochlidian gastropod Asperspina murmanica".
• Hochberg R. (2007). "Serotonin-like Immunoreactivity in the Central and Peripheral Nervous Systems of the Interstitial Acochlidean Asperspina sp. (Opisthobranchia)". Biological Bulletin 213: 43-54. HTM.

Notes and References

1. Schrödl M. & Neusser T. P. (2010). "Towards a phylogeny and evolution of Acochlidia (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 158: 124-154. .