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Pleuropyge Santiago-Valentín, Bautista-Guerrero, Kozak, Pelayo-Martínez & Franco-Gordo, 2025
1822675 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1822675)
accepted
Genus
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Santiago-Valentín, J. D.; Bautista-Guerrero, E.; Kozak, E. R.; Pelayo-Martínez, G.; Franco-Gordo, C. (2025). A new holoplanktonic nudibranch (Nudibranchia: Phylliroidae) from the Central Mexican Pacific. <em>Diversity.</em> 17(7): 479: 1-15., available online at https://doi.org/10.3390/d17070479
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Etymology The name Pleuropyge derives from the Greek plevrá (=side) and pygí (=anus); in
reference to the position of the anus,...
reference to the position of the anus,...
Etymology The name Pleuropyge derives from the Greek plevrá (=side) and pygí (=anus); in
reference to the position of the anus, the main characteristic that separates these organisms from the rest of the family Phylliroidae. [details]
reference to the position of the anus, the main characteristic that separates these organisms from the rest of the family Phylliroidae. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pleuropyge Santiago-Valentín, Bautista-Guerrero, Kozak, Pelayo-Martínez & Franco-Gordo, 2025. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1822675 on 2025-09-11
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Santiago-Valentín, J. D.; Bautista-Guerrero, E.; Kozak, E. R.; Pelayo-Martínez, G.; Franco-Gordo, C. (2025). A new holoplanktonic nudibranch (Nudibranchia: Phylliroidae) from the Central Mexican Pacific. <em>Diversity.</em> 17(7): 479: 1-15., available online at https://doi.org/10.3390/d17070479
page(s): 5 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 5 [details] Available for editors
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Etymology The name Pleuropyge derives from the Greek plevrá (=side) and pygí (=anus); inreference to the position of the anus, the main characteristic that separates these organisms from the rest of the family Phylliroidae. [details]
