Placida Explained

Placida is a genus of very small or minute sea slugs, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Limapontiidae.^[1]

Although similar in appearance to nudibranchs, species in this genus are actually Sacoglossans.

Species

Species within this genus include:

• Placida aoteana (Powell, 1937)
• Placida babai Ev. Marcus, 1982
• Placida barackobamai McCarthy, Krug & Valdés, 2017
• Placida brevirhina (Trinchese, 1874)
• Placida brookae McCarthy, Krug & Valdés, 2017
• Placida cremoniana (Trinchese, 1892)
• Placida dakariensis (Pruvot-Fol, 1953)
• Placida dendritica (Alder and Hancock, 1843)
• Placida fralila Burn, 1966
• Placida kevinleei McCarthy, Krug & Valdés, 2017
• Placida kingstoni T. E. Thompson, 1977
• Placida saronica (T.E. Thompson, 1988)
• Placida sudamericana Cetra, Gutiérrez Gregoric & Roche, 2021
• Placida tardyi (Trinchese, 1873)
• Placida verticillata Ortea, 1981
• Placida viridis (Trinchese, 1873)

Synonyms:

• Placida brevicornis (A. Costa, 1867): synonym of Placida dendritica (Alder & Hancock, 1843)

Taxa inquirenda:

• Placida capensis Macnae, 1954
• Placida daguilarensis Jensen, 1990 (taxon inquirendum)

References

• Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979
  • Jensen K.E. (2007) Biogeography of the Sacoglossa (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia). Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 55:255–281.

External links

• Anonymous. (1873). 19ª Sessione ordinaria, 3 aprile 1873 (preliminary presentation of Trinchese's Memoir to be published in 1874, making some names available). Rendiconto delle sessioni della R. Accademia delle scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna, Classe di scienze fisiche. 1872-1873: 133-134

Notes and References

1. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138524&from=rss WoRMS : Placida