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Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHypselodoris infucata (Rüppell & Leuckart, 1830) 
AphiaID: 139151

Classification: Biota > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAnimalia (Kingdom) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorMollusca (Phylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorGastropoda (Class) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHeterobranchia (Subclass) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorOpisthobranchia (Infraclass) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorNudibranchia (Order) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorEuctenidiacea (Suborder) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorDoridacea (Infraorder) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorDoridoidea (Superfamily) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorChromodorididae (Family) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHypselodoris (Genus)
Status accepted
Rank Species
Parent Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHypselodoris Stimpson, 1855
Synonymised
names		  Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorChromodoris diardii (Kelaart, 1859)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorChromodoris runcinata Bergh, 1877
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorDoris infucata Rüppell & Leuckart, 1830 (original combination)
 Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorGlossodoris runcinata (Bergh, 1877)
Sources 
status source Johnson R.F. & Gosliner T.M. (2012) Traditional taxonomic groupings mask evolutionary history: A molecular phylogeny and new classification of the chromodorid nudibranchs. PLoS ONE 7(4): e33479., available online at http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0033479 [details]

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Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editormottled dorid  [details]
Environment marine, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution 
From regional or thematic species database
Israel
Trusted: edited by a thematic editorIsrael (introduced: alien) [details]
Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
Trusted: edited by a thematic editorTurkish part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (introduced: alien) [details]
Mozambique
Trusted: edited by a thematic editorMozambique [details]
South Africa
Trusted: edited by a thematic editorEast Coast of South Africa [details]
From other sources
Mediterranean Sea
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorMediterranean Sea (introduced: alien) [details]
North Atlantic Ocean
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorEuropean waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Red Sea
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorRed Sea [details]
Links Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorDelivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe (DAISIE) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo CLEMAM 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Encyclopedia of Life 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo GenBank (6 nucleotides; 2 proteins) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo PESI 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Sea Slug Forum (via archive.org) 
Notes 
From editor or global species database
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorNomenclature Gosliner, Behrens & Valdes (2008) record this species as H. infucata (Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828). [details]

From regional or thematic species database
Trusted: edited by a thematic editorIntroduced species impact in Turkish part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (Marine Region) : Other impact - undefined or uncertain [details]

Trusted: edited by a thematic editorIntroduced species vector dispersal in Israel (Nation) : Canals: natural range expansion through man-made canals [details]

Trusted: edited by a thematic editorIntroduced species vector dispersal in Turkish part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (Marine Region) : Canals: natural range expansion through man-made canals [details]

From other sources
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorDescription Up to 4 cm long. Ground colour purplish-grey with a creamy central band, and covered in dark blue and yellow spots and creamy patches. The rhinophores are bright orange red and the gills bright red and whtie. Habitat: diverse, among shallow coral reefs. Distribution: W Indian Ocean, Red Sea to W Pacific Ocean (Richmond, 1997). [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139151
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Gofas, Serge
2011-02-21 08:04:41Z  changed  Caballer, Manuel
2013-07-23 11:07:24Z  changed  Caballer, Manuel
2013-10-30 20:02:27Z  changed  Gofas, Serge
  
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  Citation: Gofas, S.; Caballer, M. (2014). Hypselodoris infucata (Rüppell & Leuckart, 1830). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139151 on 2014-07-29
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