WoRMS taxon details
Aplysia punctata (Cuvier, 1803)
AphiaID: 138758
AphiaID: 138758
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Heterobranchia (Subclass) > Opisthobranchia (Infraclass) > Anaspidea (Order) > Aplysioidea (Superfamily) > Aplysiidae (Family) > Aplysia (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Aplysia Linnaeus, 1767 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Aplysia albopunctata Deshayes, 1853 (synonym) Aplysia hybrida Sowerby, 1806 (synonym) Aplysia rosea Rathke, 1799 (synonym) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Check List of European Marine Mollusca (look up in IMIS) [details] from synonym: Backeljau, T. (1986). Lijst van de recente mariene mollusken van België [List of the recent marine molluscs of Belgium]. Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen: Brussels, Belgium. 106 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] British Isles (not certain) [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details] South West Coast of Apulia [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] West Coast of Norway [details] Wimereux (not certain) [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Host of |
Lichomolgus agilis (Leydig, 1853) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
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| Links | Marine Life Information Network - UK To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (226 publications) To CLEMAM To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (35 nucleotides; 21 proteins) To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To Sea Slug Forum (via archive.org) To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection To ITIS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Note |
Distribution: Maitland (1897) and Jaeckel (1952) reported this species at the Belgian coast, but according to Engel (1936) there are doubts about the reliability of the first one. [details] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138758 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Gofas, S. (2013). Aplysia punctata (Cuvier, 1803). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138758 on 2013-05-23 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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