WoRMS taxon details
Discodoris fragilis (Alder & Hancock, 1864)
AphiaID: 139566
AphiaID: 139566
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Heterobranchia (Subclass) > Opisthobranchia (Infraclass) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Euctenidiacea (Suborder) > Doridacea (Infraorder) > Doridoidea (Superfamily) > Discodorididae (Family) > Discodoris (Genus) |
| Status |  unaccepted (recombination) | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Accepted name | Sebadoris fragilis (Alder & Hancock, 1864) | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Discodoris Bergh, 1877 | |||||||||||||
| 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] basis of record: Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] new combination reference: Dayrat B. 2010. A monographic revision of discodorid sea slugs (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia, Nudibranchia, Doridina). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Series 4, vol. 61, suppl. I, 1-403, 382 figs., available online at http://campillos.ucmerced.edu/~bdayrat/PDF%20of%20Papers/Dayrat%202010%20PCAS%20HR.pdf [details] | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||
| Distribution | European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Red Sea [details] Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] | |||||||||||||
| Links | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection | |||||||||||||
| Notes |
Description: Oval and very flattened, up to 15 cm long. Well camouflaged by colouration of mottled creams, beiges, browns, and/or greys. Darker brown blotches have a tendency to be symmetrically arranged either side of the midline. The ventral surface is cream or grey with a concentration of brown spots down the middle of the foot. The edges of the mantle are easily shed when the animal is disturbed. Habitat: adhering to the underside of stones and rocks in the eulittoral and shallow sublittoral. Distribution: W Indian Ocean. [details] Remark: Placement in family follows . [details] | |||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:139566 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). Discodoris fragilis (Alder & Hancock, 1864). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139566 on 2013-05-19 | ||||||||||||||
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