Asteronotus is a genus of sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod molluscs in the family Discodorididae.[2][3][4]

Asteronotus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Family: Discodorididae
Genus: Asteronotus
Ehrenberg, 1831[1]

Species

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Species in the genus Asteronotus include:[2]

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)

References

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  1. ^ Ehrenberg, C.G. 1831. [1828-1831] Symbolae physicae seu icones et descriptiones animalium evertebratorum sepositis insectis quae ex itinere per Africam Borealem et Asiam Occidentalem - novae aut illustratae redierunt. Decas 1 Mollusca.
  2. ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2011). Asteronotus Ehrenberg, 1831. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2011-08-23.
  3. ^ Valdés Á. (2002). A phylogenetic analysis and systematic revision of the cryptobranch dorids (Mollusca, Nudibranchia, Anthobranchia). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 136: 535-636
  4. ^ Dayrat B. (2010). A monographic revision of discodorid sea slugs (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia, Nudibranchia, Doridina). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Series 4, vol. 61, suppl. I, 1-403, 382 figs.