Plakobranchus

Plakobranchus is a genus of sea slugs, sacoglossans, marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Plakobranchidae.

The author of the genus spelled the name originally as Plakobranchus, but the spelling Placobranchus was a long time the prevailing usage, based on an incorrect subsequent spelling by Férussac (1824) in a translation of van Hasselt's work.

Species
Species within the genus Plakobranchus include:
 * Plakobranchus noctisstellatus Mehrotra, Caballer, C.M. Scott, Arnold, Monchanin & Chavanich, 2020
 * Plakobranchus ocellatus van Hasselt, 1824
 * Plakobranchus papua Meyers-Muñoz & van der Velde, 2016

Recent work on the photosynthetic abilities of Plakobranchus reveals that P. ocellatus is actually a species complex.


 * Synonyms:
 * Plakobranchus argus Bergh, 1872 : synonym of Plakobranchus ocellatus van Hasselt, 1824
 * Plakobranchus camiguinus Bergh, 1872 : synonym of Plakobranchus ocellatus van Hasselt, 1824
 * Plakobranchus chlorophacus Bergh, 1873 : synonym of Plakobranchus ocellatus van Hasselt, 1824
 * Plakobranchus guttatus Stimpson, 1855 : synonym of Plakobranchus ocellatus van Hasselt, 1824
 * Plakobranchus ianthobaptus Gould, 1852 : synonym of Plakobranchus ocellatus van Hasselt, 1824
 * Plakobranchus laetus Bergh, 1872 : synonym of Plakobranchus ocellatus van Hasselt, 1824
 * Plakobranchus moebii Bergh, 1888 : synonym of Thuridilla moebii (Bergh, 1888) (original combination)
 * Plakobranchus priapinus Bergh, 1872 : synonym of Plakobranchus ocellatus van Hasselt, 1824
 * Plakobranchus punctulatus Bergh, 1872 : synonym of Plakobranchus ocellatus van Hasselt, 1824
 * Plakobranchus virgata Bergh, 1888 : synonym of Thuridilla virgata (Bergh, 1888) (original combination)