Risbecia is a genus of colorful sea slugs, dorid nudibranchs, shell-less marine gastropod mollusks in the family Chromodorididae.^[1]

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Risbecia
Risbecia tryoni, anterior end towards he lower right
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Heterobranchia
Order:	Nudibranchia
Suborder:	Doridina
Superfamily:	Doridoidea
Family:	Chromodorididae
Genus:	Risbecia Odhner, 1934
Type species
Risbecia francoisi Odhner, 1934
Synonyms[1]
Jeanrisbecia Franc, 1968

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In 2012, the genus Risbecia became a synonym of Hypselodoris Stimpson, 1855 ^[2]

The following species in the genus Risbecia have not been reallocated yet (June 2012):^[3]

• Risbecia nyalya (Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967)
• Risbecia versicolor (Risbec, 1828)

Species brought into synonymy

• Risbecia apolegma Yonow, 2001: synonym of Hypselodoris apolegma (Yonow, 2001)
• Risbecia bullockii (Collingwood, 1881): synonym of Hypselodoris bullockii (Collingwood, 1881)
• Risbecia francoisi Odhner, 1934: synonym of Risbecia tryoni (Garrett, 1873)
• Risbecia ghardaqana (Gohar & Aboul-Ela, 1957): synonym of Hypselodoris ghardaqana (Gohar & Aboul-Ela, 1957)
• Risbecia godeffroyana (Bergh, 1877): synonym of Hypselodoris godeffroyana (Bergh, 1877)
• Risbecia imperialis (Pease, 1860): synonym of Hypselodoris imperialis (Pease, 1860)
• Risbecia odhneri Risbec, 1953: synonym of Risbecia tryoni (Garrett, 1873)
• Risbecia pulchella (Ruppell & Leuckart, 1828): synonym of Hypselodoris pulchella (Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828)
• Risbecia reticulata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832): synonym of Chromodoris reticulata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
• Risbecia tryoni (Garrett, 1873): synonym of Hypselodoris tryoni (Garrett, 1873)