''Piseinotecus'' is a

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Piseinotecidae Piseinotecidae is a taxonomic family of sea slugs, specifically aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Aeolidioidea.Bouchet, P. (2014). Piseinotecidae Edmunds, 1970. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at ...

.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): 215-222Gofas, 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

Etymology

The name ''Piseinotecus'' comes from the

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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 Eveline du Bois-Reymond Marcus (6 October 1901 – 31 January 1990) was a German zoologist and drawer. Life Eveline Du Bois-Reymond was the youngest daughter of Rene and Frieda du Bois-Reymond, as well as a granddaughter of physiologist Emil Du B ...

. 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.

Species

Species in the genus ''Piseinotecus'' include: * '' Piseinotecus divae'' Er. Marcus, 1955 * '' Piseinotecus gonja'' Edmunds, 1970Edmunds, M. 1970. Opisthobranchiate Mollusca from Tanzania. II. Eolidacea (Cuthonidae, Piseinotecidae and Facelinidae). Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 39:15-57. * '' Piseinotecus kima'' Edmunds, 1970 * ''

Piseinotecus minipapilla ''Piseinotecus'' is a genus of sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Piseinotecidae.Cervera J.L., García J.C & García F.J. (1987). Una nueva especie de ''Piseinotecus'' Marcus, 1955 del litoral ibérico. Bollet ...

'' Edmunds, 2015 * '' Piseinotecus soussi'' Tamsouri, Carmona, Moukrim & Cervera, 2014 * ''

Piseinotecus sphaeriferus ''Piseinotecus'' is a genus of sea slugs, aeolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Piseinotecidae.Cervera J.L., García J.C & García F.J. (1987). Una nueva especie de ''Piseinotecus'' Marcus, 1955 del litoral ibérico. Bollet ...

'' (Schmekel, 1965) ;Species brought into synonymy: * ''Piseinotecus evelinae'' Schmekel, 1980: synonym of ''Piseinotecus gabinierei'' (Vicente, 1975) * ''Piseinotecus gabinierei'' (Vicente, 1975): synonym of ''

Paraflabellina gabinierei ''Paraflabellina gabinierei'' is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Piseinotecidae.Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). ''European re ...

'' * ''Piseinotecus gaditanus'' Cervera, García-Gómez & García, 1987: synonym of '' Calmella gaditana''

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q3790811 Piseinotecidae Taxa named by Ernst Marcus (zoologist)