WoRMS taxon details
Glaucus Forster, 1777
AphiaID: 138033
AphiaID: 138033
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Heterobranchia (Subclass) > Opisthobranchia (Infraclass) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Dexiarchia (Suborder) > Aeolidida (Infraorder) > Aeolidioidea (Superfamily) > Glaucidae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | ||||||||||
| Typetaxon | Glaucus atlanticus Forster, 1777 (type by monotypy) | ||||||||||
| Parent | Glaucidae Gray, 1827 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Dadone Gistel, 1848 (unnecessary substitute name for Glaucus Forster, 1777) Glaucilla Bergh, 1860 | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Valdés A. & Campillo O.A. (2004) Systematics of pelagic aeolid nudibranchs of the family Glaucidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Bulletin of Marine Science 75(3): 381–389., available online at http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/umrsmas/bullmar/2004/00000075/00000003/art00003 [details] | ||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Glaucus atlanticus Forster, 1777 Species Glaucus marginatus (Bergh, 1860) Species Glaucus distichoicus d'Orbigny, 1837 accepted as Glaucus atlanticus Forster, 1777 | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine | ||||||||||
| Link | To ITIS | ||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138033 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). Glaucus Forster, 1777. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138033 on 2013-05-24 | |||||||||||
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