WoRMS taxon details
Dendrodoris nigra (Stimpson, 1855)
AphiaID: 139519
AphiaID: 139519
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Heterobranchia (Subclass) > Opisthobranchia (Infraclass) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Euctenidiacea (Suborder) > Doridacea (Infraorder) > Phyllidioidea (Superfamily) > Dendrodorididae (Family) > Dendrodoris (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||
| Parent | Dendrodoris Ehrenberg, 1831 | |||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Actinodoris australis Angas, 1864 Aphelodoris brunnea (Bergh, 1890) Dendrodoris australiensis (Abraham, 1877) Dendrodoris melaena Allan, 1932 Doridopsis australiensis Abraham, 1877 Doridopsis macfarlandi Ostergaard, 1955 Doridopsis mollis Risbec, 1928 Doriopsis nigra (Simpson, 1855) Doriopsis nigra var. brunnea Bergh, 1890 Doriopsis nigra var. coerulea Bergh, 1880 Doriopsis nigra var. luteopunctata Bergh, 1905 Doriopsis nigra var. nigerrima Bergh, 1888 Doris atroviridis Kelaart, 1858 Doris debilis Pease, 1871 Doris mariei Crosse, 1875 Doris nigra Stimpson, 1855 (original combination) Doris rubrilineata Pease, 1871 Doris sordida Pease, 1871 Goniodoris montrouzieri Crosse, 1875 Hexabranchus nebulosus Pease, 1860 | |||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Brodie G.D., Willan R.C. & Collins J.D. (1997) Taxonomy and occurrence of Dendrodoris nigra and Dendrodoris fumata (Nudibranchia: Dendrodorididae) in the Indo-West Pacific region. Journal of Molluscan Studies 63: 407-423. [details] additional source: 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: Willan, R. (2009). Opisthobranchia (Mollusca). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details] additional source: Burn R. (2006) A checklist and bibliography of the Opisthobranchia (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Victoria and the Bass Strait area, south-eastern Australia. Museum Victoria Science Reports 10:1–42., available online at http://researchdata.museum.vic.gov.au/marine/burn_2006.pdf [details] additional source: Yonow N. (2012) Opisthobranchs from the western Indian Ocean, with descriptions of two new species and ten new records (Mollusca, Gastropoda). ZooKeys 197: 1–129. [22 May 2012], available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.197.1728 [details] | |||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||
| Distribution | European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Mozambique [details] New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details] | |||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins) To PESI To Sea Slug Forum (via archive.org) To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection | |||||||
| Notes |
Description: Up to 7 cm long. Black, sometimes with cream or white spots, the rhinophores with an elongated white knob at the tip. The edge of the mantle is frilly, the rest of the body very soft and slimy. Habitat: eulittoral zone under rocks and boulders on coral rubble, gravel, algal beds or shelly sand in sheltered bays. Distribution: W Indian Ocean, Red Sea to W Pacific Ocean; tropical Indo-Pacific in Kalk (1958). [details] Remark: In family 'doridae' in Kalk (1958). [details] | |||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139519 | |||||||
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| Citation: Gofas, S. (2013). Dendrodoris nigra (Stimpson, 1855). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139519 on 2013-05-23 | ||||||||
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