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Limacia clavigera (O. F. Müller, 1776) 
AphiaID: 140830

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Heterobranchia (Subclass) > Opisthobranchia (Infraclass) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Euctenidiacea (Suborder) > Doridacea (Infraorder) > Polyceroidea (Superfamily) > Polyceridae (Family) > Triophinae (Subfamily) > Limacia (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Limacia O. F. Müller, 1781
Synonymised
taxa
  Doris clavigera O. F. Müller, 1776 (original combination)
Euplocamus plumosus Thompson, 1840 (synonym)
Tergipes pulcher Johnston, 1834 (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: Branch, G.M. et al. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg., available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=W_2QB8ftLgcC [details]

additional source: Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp. (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]

from synonym: Check List of European Marine Mollusca (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Dutch wrattige mosdierslak  [details]
English orange-clubbed nudibranch  [details]
English orange-clubbed sea slug  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
British Isles [details]
Cape Verde [details]
East Atlantic [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details]
Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
South Coast of South Africa [details]
Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Wimereux [details]
Feedingtypes  omnivore [details]
predator [details]
scavenger [details]
Links Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To CLEMAM
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (5 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To Sea Slug Forum (via archive.org)
To ITIS
Note  AuthorityDoris clavigera Müller, 1776 and the genus name Limacia Müller, 1781 were considered as valid by the ICZN (Op. 833). Bouchet & Tardy (1976) confused the date of publication from the genus with the species name. [details]
Image 
Limacia clavigera (O F Müller, 1776)
Limacia clavigera (O F Müller, 1776)
added on 2006-04-06 - author: BioMar-TCD
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140830
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Gofas, Serge
2010-09-27 07:46:00Z  changed  Bouchet, Philippe
2012-06-05 23:54:58Z  changed  Rosenberg, Gary
  
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  Citation: Rosenberg, G.; Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). Limacia clavigera (O. F. Müller, 1776). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140830 on 2013-05-22
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