Dermatobranchus

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Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Arminoidea Phylum Mollusca		Class Gastropoda Family Arminidae Rank Genus

Similar Dermatobranchus ornatus, Bornella, Phyllidiella, Glossodoris, Doriprismatica atromarginata

Dermatobranchus is a genus of sea slugs, or nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Arminidae.

Biology

Dermatobranchus species feed on octocorals including sea fans and sea pens.

Species within the genus Dermatobranchus include:

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)

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