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)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. . is Asperspina is the only genus in the family Asperspinidae. Minicheviellidae is a junior synonym of Asperspinidae.
Species Species within the genus Asperspina include: Asperspina brambelli (Swedmark, 1968) Asperspina murmanica (Kudinskaya & Minichev, 1978) - synonym: Minicheviella murmanica (Kuchinskaja & Minichev, 1978) Asperspina rhopalotecta Salvini-Plawen, 1973 Asperspina loricata (Swedmark, 1968) Asperspina riseri (Morse, 1976)
References
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.