Costasiellidae is a taxonomic family of small to minute sacoglossan sea slugs. These are marine opisthobranch gastropod mollusks belonging to the superfamily Plakobranchoidea.[1]
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| Costasiella cf. kuroshimae on Avrainvillea erecta. Locality: Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef. The length of the slug is about 1 cm. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
| Infraclass: | Euthyneura |
| Superorder: | Sacoglossa |
| Superfamily: | Plakobranchoidea |
| Family: | Costasiellidae K. B. Clark, 1984 |
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These sea slugs resembling nudibranchs, but are not closely related to them.
This family has no subfamilies.
Genera edit
The following genera belong to the family Costasiellidae:
- Costasiella Pruvot-Fol, 1951
- Panderevela Moro & Ortea, 2015
References edit
- ^ a b Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2015). Costasiellidae K. B. Clarke, 1984. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=23012 on 2015-01-17