Dermatobranchus
Dermatobranchus is a genus of sea slugs, or nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Arminidae.[2]
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia clade Euthyneura  | 
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| Genus: | Dermatobranchus van Hasselt 1824[1]  | 
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| Dermatobranchus striatus van Hasselt, 1824 | |
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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 rubidus (Gould, 1852)
 - Dermatobranchus sagamianus Baba, 1949
 - Dermatobranchus semilunus Gosliner & Fahey, 2011
 - Dermatobranchus semistriatus Baba, 1949
 - Dermatobranchus sp. 1 white-ridged nudibranch[3]
 - Dermatobranchus sp. 4 brown ridged nudibranch[3]
 - 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 pulcherrimus Miller & Willan, 1986: synonym of Dermatobranchus rubidus (Gould, 1852)
 - Dermatobranchus walteri (Krause, 1892): synonym of Doridoxa walteri (Krause, 1892)
 
References
    
- van Hasselt J. C. (1824). Alg. Konst. Letterbode, (3) 37; 1824, Bull. des Sci. Nat., 3, 242.
 - Bouchet, P. (2011). Dermatobranchus van Hasselt, 1824. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2012-04-15
 - Gosliner, T.M. 1987. Nudibranchs of Southern Africa ISBN 0-930118-13-8
 
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