WoRMS name details
original description
(of Doridium cyaneum E. von Martens, 1879) Martens, E. von. (1879). Übersicht der von W. Peters von 1843 bis 1847 in Mossambique gesammelten Mollusca. <em>Monatsberichte der königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1879(7): 727-749., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36341972 page(s): 738. [details]
basis of record
Burn, R. F. (2006). A checklist and bibliography of the Opisthobranchia (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Victoria and the Bass Strait area, south-eastern Australia. <em>Museum Victoria Science Reports.</em> 10:1–42., available online at http://researchdata.museum.vic.gov.au/marine/burn_2006.pdf [details]
additional source
Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source
Zenetos, A.; Gofas, S.; Verlaque, M.; Cinar, M.; Garcia Raso, J.; Bianchi, C.; Morri, C.; Azzurro, E.; Bilecenoglu, M.; Froglia, C.; Siokou, I.; Violanti, D.; Sfriso, A.; San Martin, G.; Giangrande, A.; Katagan, T.; Ballesteros, E.; Ramos-Espla, A.; Mastrototaro, F.; Ocana, O.; Zingone, A.; Gambi, M.; Streftaris, N. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 11(2): 381-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.87 [details]
additional source
Valdés, Á. (2008). Deep-sea "cephalaspidean" heterobranchs (Gastropoda) from the tropical southwest Pacific. In: Héros, V. et al. (eds) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 25. <em>Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 196: 587-792. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source
Gosliner, T. (1987). Nudibranchs of Southern Africa: A Guide to Opisthobranch Molluscs of Southern Africa. Sea Challengers, Monterey, California. page(s): 41. [details]
additional source
Chaban E.M. (2016). Heterobranch mollusks of the orders Acteonoidea and Cephalaspidea (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) of Vietnam: annotated check-list with illustrations of some species. In: A. V. Adrianov & K. A. Lutaenko (eds), <i>Biodiversity of the western part of the South China Sea</i>: 415-448. Vladivostok, Dalnauka. [details]
source of synonymy
Yonow N. (2012) Opisthobranchs from the western Indian Ocean, with descriptions of two new species and ten new records (Mollusca, Gastropoda). <i>ZooKeys</i> 197: 1–129. [22 May 2012], available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.197.1728 [details]
From other sources
Description Up to 4cm long. Occurs in a bewildering variety of colours, from light brown with creamy yellow or orange markings to dark brown and purplish black with or without orange or creamy yellow patches. A constant feature is the blue edging on the distal ends of both shields and the edges of the parapodia. A predator of other cephalaspideans. Habitat: found in shallow sublittoral sand and mud. Distribution: W Indian Ocean, Red Sea to W Pacific Ocean. [details]
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