Deroceras
Deroceras | |
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Deroceras reticulatum | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Agriolimacidae |
Subfamily: | Agriolimacinae |
Genus: | Deroceras Rafinesque, 1820[1] |
Type species | |
Limax gracilis Rafinesque, 1820
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Diversity[2] | |
123 species |
Deroceras is a taxonomic genus of small to medium-sized air-breathing land slugs in the family Agriolimacidae.
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Description
Most species reach only 30–35 mm in length (max 45 mm).
The taxonomy, anatomy and other aspects of the biology of this genus were reviewed in 2000,[2] and the diverse mating behaviors were reviewed in 2007.[3]
Species
In 2000, in the most recent monograph on the genus, Wiktor[2] rejected earlier attempts (including his own) at a subgeneric (Agriolimax Mörch, 1865, Plathystimulus Wiktor, 1973) classification, because there appeared to be so many convergences and reversals. The only exception was that he split off Liolytopelte as a subgenus because of its distinctive hard plate within the penis; all other species were included in the subgenus Deroceras.
There are at least 123 species in the genus Deroceras.[2]
Subgenus Deroceras Rafinesque, 1820
- Deroceras abessinicum
- Deroceras adolphi
- Deroceras afer
- Deroceras agreste (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Deroceras altaicum
- Deroceras altimirai
- Deroceras astypalaeensis
- Deroceras bakurianum
- Deroceras barceum
- Deroceras berytensis
- Deroceras bisacchianum
- Deroceras bistimulatum[2]
- Deroceras boeoticum
- Deroceras boettgeri
- Deroceras bulgaricum
- Deroceras cazioti
- Deroceras cecconii
- Deroceras chevallieri
- Deroceras christae
- Deroceras chrysorroyatissensis
- Deroceras concrementosum
- Deroceras cycladicum
- Deroceras dallaii
- Deroceras deckeni
- Deroceras demirtensis
- Deroceras dubium
- Deroceras ercinae
- Deroceras famagustensis
- Deroceras fatrense
- Deroceras gardullanum
- Deroceras gavdosensis
- Deroceras giustianum
- Deroceras glandulosum
- Deroceras golcheri
- Deroceras gorgonium
- Deroceras halieos
- Deroceras helicoidale
- Deroceras hesperium
- Deroceras heterura
- Deroceras ikaria
- Deroceras ilium
- Deroceras invadens
- Deroceras johannae
- Deroceras juranum
- Deroceras karnaniensis
- Deroceras kasium
- Deroceras keaensis
- Deroceras kontanum
- Deroceras korthionensis
- Deroceras koschanum
- Deroceras kythirensis
- Deroceras laeve (O. F. Müller, 1774)
- Deroceras lasithionensis
- Deroceras levisarcobelum
- Deroceras libanoticum
- Deroceras limacoides
- Deroceras lombricoides
- Deroceras lothari
- Deroceras maasseni
- Deroceras malkini
- Deroceras melinum
- Deroceras minoicum
- Deroceras neuteboomi
- Deroceras nigroclypeatum
- Deroceras nitidum
- Deroceras nyphoni
- Deroceras oertzeni
- Deroceras orduensis
- Deroceras osseticum
- Deroceras padisii
- Deroceras pageti
- Deroceras panormitanum (Lessona & Pollonera, 1882)
- Deroceras parium
- Deroceras parnasium
- Deroceras planarioides
- Deroceras ponsonbyi
- Deroceras praecox
- Deroceras pseudopanormitanum
- Deroceras rethimnonensis
- Deroceras reticulatum (O. F. Müller, 1774)
- Deroceras rhodensis
- Deroceras riedelianum
- Deroceras roblesi
- Deroceras rodnae
- Deroceras samium
- Deroceras seriphium
- Deroceras sturanyi
- Deroceras subagreste
- Deroceras tarracense
- Deroceras tauricum
- Deroceras thersites
- Deroceras turcicum
- Deroceras uataderensis
- Deroceras vascoana
- Deroceras zilchi
Subgenus Liolytopelte Simroth, 1901
- Deroceras bureschi
- Deroceras caucasicum
- Deroceras kandaharensis
- Deroceras moldavicum
- Deroceras occidentalis
- Deroceras trabzonensis
Relevance to humans
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Several species in this genus are recognised as pests of agriculture and horticulture, including Deroceras reticulatum, Deroceras invadens, Deroceras agreste, and Deroceras laeve.[4]
References
- ^ Rafinesque, C.S. (1820). Annals of Nature or Annual Synopsis of New Genera and Species of Animals, Plants, &c. Discovered in North America. First annual number, for 1820: 1–16 https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k98029g. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
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(help) - ^ a b c d e f Wiktor, A. (2000). Agriolimacidae (Gastropoda: Pulmonata): a systematic monograph. Annales Zoologici 49: 347-590. abstract
- S2CID 29257202. Archived from the originalon 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2010-11-05.
- ^ South, A. (1992). "Terrestrial Slugs: Biology, Ecology and Control". London: Chapman & Hall.
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