Chromolaichma

Genus of gastropods

Chromolaichma
Chromolaichma sedna
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Nudibranchia
Family: Chromodorididae
Subfamily: Chromodoridinae
Genus: Chromolaichma
Bertsch, 1977 [1]
Type species
Chromolaichma sedna[2]
Bertsch, 1977

Chromolaichma is a genus of sea slugs, specifically dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Chromodorididae.[2]

Species

This genus includes the following species:[2][3]

  • Chromolaichma dalli (Rudman, 1990)
  • Chromolaichma edmundsi (Rudman, 1985)
  • Chromolaichma sedna (Rudman, 1986)
Synonyms
  • Chromolaichma punctilucens (Bergh, 1890): synonym of Felimida punctilucens (Bergh, 1890)
  • Chromolaichma youngbleuthi (Kay & D. K. Young, 1969): synonym of Glossodoris rufomarginata (Bergh, 1890)

References

  1. ^ Bertsch H. (1977) The Chromodoridinae nudibranchs from the Pacific coast of America.- Part I. Investigative methods and supra-specific taxonomy. The Veliger 20(2): 107-118. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42432307#page/157/mode/1up
  2. ^ a b c MolluscaBase (2023). Chromolaichma Bertsch 1977. Accessed on 2023-06-06
  3. ^ [1] Molecular phylogeny of Glossodoris (Ehrenberg, 1831) nudibranchs and related genera reveals cryptic and pseudocryptic species complexes.]
  • Rudman, W. B. (1986). The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: the genus Glossodoris Ehrenberg (= Casella, H. & A. Adams). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 86: 101-184.
  • Bertsch H. (1977) The Chromodoridinae nudibranchs from the Pacific coast of America.- Part I. Investigative methods and supra-specific taxonomy. The Veliger 20(2): 107-118.
  • Matsuda, S. B.; Gosliner, T. M. (2017). Molecular phylogeny of Glossodoris (Ehrenberg, 1831) nudibranchs and related genera reveals cryptic and pseudocryptic species complexes. Cladistics.
Taxon identifiers
Chromolaichma