Dermatobranchus is a genus of sea slugs, or nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Arminidae.Bouchet, P. (2011). Dermatobranchus van Hasselt, 1824. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2012-04-15
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 sagamianus Baba, 1949 Dermatobranchus semilunus Gosliner & Fahey, 2011 Dermatobranchus semistriatus Baba, 1949 Dermatobranchus sp. 1 white-ridged nudibranchGosliner, T.M. 1987. Nudibranchs of Southern Africa 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 (Pleuroleura) tongshanensis G.Y. Lin, 1981: synonym of Dermatobranchus tongshanensis G.Y. Lin, 1981 Dermatobranchus pulcherrimus Miller & Willan, 1986: synonym of Dermatobranchus rubidus (Gould, 1852) Dermatobranchus rubidus (Gould, 1852); synonym of Armina rubida (A. Gould, 1852) (superseded combination) Dermatobranchus walteri (Krause, 1892): synonym of Doridoxa walteri (Krause, 1892)
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