Dolabrifera
Encyclopedia
Dolabrifera is a genus
of sea hare
s, a taxonomic group of sea slug
s or marine
opisthobranch gastropod mollusks belonging to the family
Aplysiidae
.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of sea hare
Sea hare
The clade Aplysiomorpha, commonly known as Sea hares or Sea Bags , are medium-sized to very large Opisthobranchia with a soft internal shell made of protein...
s, a taxonomic group of sea slug
Sea slug
Sea slug is a common name used for several different groups of saltwater snails that either lack a shell or have only an internal shell, in other words this name is used for various lineages of marine gastropod mollusks that are either not conchiferous or appear not to be.The phrase "sea slug" is...
s or marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
opisthobranch gastropod mollusks belonging to the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Aplysiidae
Aplysiidae
The superfamily Aplysioidea is a superfamily of mostly rather large sea slugs, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Aplysiomorpha within the informal group Opisthobranchia.This superfamily contains only one family, the Aplysiidae; the sea hares...
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Species
Species within the genus Dolabrifera include:- Dolabrifera ascifera
- Dolabrifera brazieriDolabrifera brazieriDolabrifera brazieri is a species of sea slug or sea hare, a marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusc in the family Aplysiidae, the sea hares.- Books :...
Sowerby, 1870 - Dolabrifera dolabriferaDolabrifera dolabriferaDolabrifera dolabrifera is a species of sea hare, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Aplysiidae, the sea hares.-Life cycle:- External links :...
(Rang, 1828) - Dolabrifera holboelli Bergh, 1872
- Dolabrifera nicaraguana Pilsbry, 1896
External links
- Thompson T. E. & Bebbington A. (1973). "Scanning electron microscope studies of gastropod radulae". MalacologiaMalacologiaMalacologia is a peer-reviewed scientific journal in the field of malacology, the study of mollusks. The journal publishes articles in the fields of molluscan systematics, ecology, population ecology, genetics, molecular genetics, evolution, and phylogenetics.The journal specializes in publishing...
14: 147-165. - Images of Dolabrifera dolabrifera.
- Dolabrifera page at Sea Slug Forum.