Piseinotecus

Piseinotecus is a genus of sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Piseinotecidae.[2][3]

Piseinotecus
Piseinotecus soussi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Nudipleura
clade Nudibranchia
clade Dexiarchia
clade Cladobranchia
clade Aeolidida
Superfamily:
Aeolidioidea
Family:
Piseinotecidae
Genus:
Piseinotecus

Marcus, 1955[1]
Type species
Piseinotecus divae Er. Marcus, 1955

Etymology

The name Piseinotecus comes from the Portuguese sentence "pisei no Teco" (I stepped onto Teco). Teco was the name of a dog of the zoologists Ernst Marcus and Eveline Du Bois-Reymond Marcus. While they were looking for a name for the genus, their friend, the zoologist Diva Diniz Corrêa, was visiting them and stated the sentence while coming down the stairs to announce that she had accidentally stepped onto their dog.[4]

Species

Species in the genus Piseinotecus include:[3]

Species brought into synonymy
  • Piseinotecus evelinae Schmekel, 1980: synonym of Piseinotecus gabinierei (Vicente, 1975)
  • Piseinotecus gabinierei (Vicente, 1975): synonym of Paraflabellina gabinierei
  • Piseinotecus gaditanus Cervera, García-Gómez & García, 1987: synonym of Calmella gaditana

References
  1. Marcus Er. (1955). Opisthobranchia from Brazil. Boletim da Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras da Universidade de São Paulo (Zoologia) 20: 89-261 page(s): 176
  2. Cervera J.L., García J.C & García F.J. (1987). Una nueva especie de Piseinotecus Marcus, 1955 del litoral ibérico. Bollettino Malacologico 22(9-12): 215-222
  3. Gofas, S. (2014). Piseinotecus Er. Marcus, 1955. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138354 on 2014-10-24
  4. Du Bois-Reymond Marcus, Eveline (1987). "Selected Recollections from my Life". American Malacological Bulletin. 5: 183–184.
  5. Edmunds, M. 1970. Opisthobranchiate Mollusca from Tanzania. II. Eolidacea (Cuthonidae, Piseinotecidae and Facelinidae). Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 39:15-57.
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