Hexabranchus plicatus Hägg, 1901

Tibiriçá, Yara, Pola, Marta, Pittman, Cory, Gosliner, Terrence M., Malaquias, Manuel A. & Cervera, Juan Lucas, 2023, A Spanish dancer? No! A troupe of dancers: a review of the family Hexabranchidae Bergh, 1891 (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia, Nudibranchia), Organisms Diversity & Evolution (New York, N. Y.) 23 (4), pp. 697-742 : 734

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https://doi.org/ 10.1007/s13127-023-00611-0

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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/706C87DE-FFD3-C213-19D5-6D944F31F518

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scientific name

Hexabranchus plicatus Hägg, 1901
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Hexabranchus plicatus Hägg, 1901 View in CoL (Fig. 26U)

Description notes Description of external morphology with color notes on a living specimen: size 100 mm; body oval; mantle expanded around the body; mantle edge undulating, except anteriorly; body dark red with a white marginal band; six large gill leaves separated equally; kidney-shaped oral tentacles, crenate; lamellate rhinophores, bent backward; anus elevated; anterior excretory orifice on right side, posteriorly; on left side a small papilla of unknown function.

Own conclusion/opinion on its taxonomic status By the external description and location, there is no doubt that this species should remain as a junior synonym of H. sanguineus .

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