Dermatobranchus Explained

Dermatobranchus is a genus of sea slugs, or nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Arminidae.^[1]

Biology

Dermatobranchus species feed on octocorals including sea fans and sea pens.

Species

Species within the genus Dermatobranchus include:

• Dermatobranchus albineus Gosliner & Fahey, 2011
• Dermatobranchus albopunctulatus Baba, 1949
• Dermatobranchus albus (Eliot, 1904)
• Dermatobranchus arminus Gosliner & Fahey, 2011
• Dermatobranchus caeruleomaculatus Gosliner & Fahey, 2011
• Dermatobranchus caesitius Gosliner & Fahey, 2011
• Dermatobranchus cymatilis Gosliner & Fahey, 2011
• Dermatobranchus dendronephthyphagus Gosliner & Fahey, 2011
• Dermatobranchus diagonalis Gosliner & Fahey, 2011
• Dermatobranchus earlei Gosliner & Fahey, 2011
• Dermatobranchus fasciatus Gosliner & Fahey, 2011
• Dermatobranchus fortunatus (Bergh, 1888)
• Dermatobranchus funiculus Gosliner & Fahey, 2011
• Dermatobranchus glaber (Eliot, 1908)
• Dermatobranchus gonatophorus van Hasselt, 1824
• Dermatobranchus kalyptos Gosliner & Fahey, 2011
• Dermatobranchus kokonas Gosliner & Fahey, 2011
• Dermatobranchus leoni Gosliner & Fahey, 2011
• Dermatobranchus marginlatus Lin, 1981
• Dermatobranchus microphallus Gosliner & Fahey, 2011
• Dermatobranchus multidentatus Baba, 1949
• Dermatobranchus multistriatus Lin, 1981
• Dermatobranchus nigropunctatus Baba, 1949
• Dermatobranchus oculus Gosliner & Fahey, 2011
• Dermatobranchus ornatus (Bergh, 1874)
• Dermatobranchus otome Baba, 1992
• Dermatobranchus phyllodes Gosliner & Fahey, 2011
• Dermatobranchus piperoides Gosliner & Fahey, 2011
• Dermatobranchus primus Baba, 1976
• Dermatobranchus pustulosus van Hasselt, 1824
• Dermatobranchus rodmani Gosliner & Fahey, 2011
• Dermatobranchus rubidus (Gould, 1852)
• Dermatobranchus sagamianus Baba, 1949
• Dermatobranchus semilunus Gosliner & Fahey, 2011
• Dermatobranchus semistriatus Baba, 1949
• Dermatobranchus sp. 1 white-ridged nudibranch^[2]
• Dermatobranchus sp. 4 brown ridged nudibranch
• Dermatobranchus striatellus Baba, 1949
• Dermatobranchus striatus van Hasselt, 1824
• Dermatobranchus substriatus Baba, 1949
• Dermatobranchus tongshanensis Lin, 1981
• Dermatobranchus tuberculatus Gosliner & Fahey, 2011

Species brought into synonymy:

• Dermatobranchus pulcherrimus Miller & Willan, 1986: synonym of Dermatobranchus rubidus (Gould, 1852)
• Dermatobranchus walteri (Krause, 1892): synonym of Doridoxa walteri (Krause, 1892)

Notes and References

1. Bouchet, P. (2011). Dermatobranchus van Hasselt, 1824. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2012-04-15
2. Gosliner, T.M. 1987. Nudibranchs of Southern Africa