Loy (gastropod)

Loy is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Corambidae within the superfamily Onchidoridoidea.[3][2]

Loy
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Suborder: Doridina
Superfamily: Onchidoridoidea
Family: Corambidae
Genus: Loy
Martynov, 1994[1]
Type species
Loy meyeni Martynov, 1994
Synonyms[2]
  • Proloy Martynov, 1994
  • Psammodoris Martynov, 1994

Species

Species within the genus Loy include:[3]

  • Loy meyeni Martynov, 1994 [4]
  • Loy millenae Martynov, 1994
  • Loy thompsoni (Millen & Nybakken, 1991) [5]

References
  1. Martynov A. V. (1994) "Materials for the revision of nudibranchiate molluscs of the family Corambidae (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia) Taxonomy. Communication 1." Zoologichesky Zhurnal 73(10): 3-14.
  2. WoRMS : Loy; accessed : 23 October 2010
  3. Behrens, D.W.; Alicia Hermosillo (2005). Eastern Pacific nudibranch, a guide to the opisthobranchs from Alaska to Central America. Monterey, California: Sea Challengers. pp. 137 pp.
  4. Valdés A. & Bouchet P. (1998) A blind abyssal Corambidae (Mollusca, Nudibranchia) from the Norwegian Sea, with a reevaluation of the systematics of the family. Sarsia 83:15-20.
  5. Behrens, D.W.; Alicia Hermosillo (2005). Eastern Pacific nudibranch, a guide to the opisthobranchs from Alaska to Central America. Monterey, California: Sea Challengers. pp. 137 pp.
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