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Asteronotus

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Asteronotus

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Asteronotus is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs in the family Discodorididae.

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It sits within the topics Discodorididae, Gastropod genera and Taxa named by Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg.

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Species

Clumpy Nudibranch

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumMollusca
  3. ClassGastropoda
  4. OrderNudibranchia
  5. FamilyDiscodorididae
Habitatmarine
Observations365

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Specimen records
23
Family
Discodorididae
Collections
YPM, CAS, WAM, UF, MAGNT, ANSP
Recorded in
Seychelles, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Tanzania, Indonesia, Australia, Saudi Arabia

Wikidata facts

Instance of
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Parent taxon
Discodorididae
Image
Asteronotus cespitosus (3745645756).jpg
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Encyclopedic overview

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Asteronotus is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs in the family Discodorididae.

== Species == Species in the genus Asteronotus include: Asteronotus cespitosus van Hasselt, 1824 Asteronotus hepaticus (Abraham, 1877) Asteronotus mabilla (Abraham, 1877) Asteronotus mimeticus Gosliner & Valdes, 2002 Asteronotus raripilosus (Abraham, 1877) Asteronotus spongicolus Gosliner & Valdes, 2002 Species brought into synonymy: Asteronotus bertrana Bergh, L.S.R., 1878: synonym of Asteronotus cespitosus van Hasselt, 1824 Asteronotus brassica Allan, J.K., 1932: synonym of Asteronotus cespitosus van Hasselt, 1824 Asteronotus fuscus O'Donoghue, C.H., 1924: synonym of Asteronotus cespitosus van Hasselt, 1824 Asteronotus hemprichi Ehrenberg, 1831: synonym of Asteronotus cespitosus van Hasselt, 1824 Asteronotus madrasensis O'Donoghue, C.H., 1932: synonym of Asteronotus cespitosus van Hasselt, 1824 Asteronotus mabilla Bergh, L.S.R., 1878: synonym of Asteronotus cespitosus van Hasselt, 1824 Asteronotus trenberthi Burn, 1962: synonym of Sclerodoris trenberthi (Burn, 1962)

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