Plakobranchus van Hasselt, 1824

Mehrotra, Rahul, Gutierrez, Manuel Caballer, Scott, Chad M., Arnold, Spencer, Monchanin, Coline & Chavanich, Suchana, 2020, On the Plakobranchidae (Gastropoda, Sacoglossa) from soft sediment habitats of Koh Tao, Gulf of Thailand, with descriptions of two new species, ZooKeys 969, pp. 85-121 : 85

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.969.52941

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:6D442A10-F351-4B9C-8364-41B47A0B145A

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Plakobranchus van Hasselt, 1824
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Genus Plakobranchus van Hasselt, 1824

Diagnosis.

Body wide, dorsoventrally flattened with broad parapodial flaps folding along dorsal midline, tail truncate. Head broad and flattened with a pair of small, raised, median eyes and rolled, laterally originating, rhinophores. Parapodial lamellae with digestive gland branches and dorsal haemolymph sinuses. Anus anterodorsal and penis armed with curved stylet. Radular teeth denticulate.