Pleurobranchus forskalii is a species of side-gill sea slug, a notaspidean, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pleurobranchidae.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Forsskål's Pleurobranch being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Pleurobranchus testudinarius
- Pleurobranchus weberi
- Pleurobranchus grandis
- Pleurobranchus hilli
- Pleurobranchus peronii
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Pleurobranchida
- Family
- Pleurobranchidae
- Genus
- Pleurobranchus
- Species
- Pleurobranchus forskalii
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