WoRMS taxon details
Dolabella auricularia (Lightfoot, 1786)
208629 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:208629)
accepted
Species
Dolabella scapula O'Donoghue, 1929 (non-binominal)
Patella auricularia Lightfoot, 1786 (original combination)
Patella scapula Martyn, 1786 (non-binominal)
marine
Not documented
Description A large bulky sea hare, notable by its trancated, flattened and sloping posterior, up to 20 cm long. Body colour is...
Description A large bulky sea hare, notable by its trancated, flattened and sloping posterior, up to 20 cm long. Body colour is variable, in shades of green and brown, and the body is often covered in papillae, giving the animals a prickly or shaggy appearance. Habitat: shallow water and eulittoral, under and around large stones and boulders on sand. Distribution: Indo-Pacific (Richmond, 1997) [details]
MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Dolabella auricularia (Lightfoot, 1786). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208629 on 2019-10-16
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original description
(of Dolabella cheni Sun, 1960) Sun W.K.C. (1960) A small collection of Opisthobranchia from the Pescadores and Liu Chiu Lsland with description of a new species <i>Dolabella cheni</i>. <i>Biological Bulletin, Department of Biology College of Science, Tunghai University</i> 2(2): 95-106. , available online at http://thuir.thu.edu.tw/retrieve/16913/V.2+n.2%2895-106%29.pdf
page(s): 96-106 [details]
original description (of Aplysia hasselti Férussac in Rang, 1828) Rang S. (1828). <i>Histoire naturelle des Aplysiens</i>. Paris: Firmin Didot. 83 pp. 24 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14983674
page(s): 49 [details]
original description (of Dolabella rumphii var. maculosa Bergh, 1905) Bergh, L. S. R. (1905). Die Opisthobranchiata der Siboga-expedition. <em>Siboga-Expeditie.</em> 50: 1-248, pls 1-20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11650714
page(s): 18, pl. 3 fig. 1, pl. 8 figs 8-9 [details]
basis of record Bebbington, A., 1977. Aplysiid species from eastern Australia with notes on the Pacific Ocean Aplysiomorpha (Gastropoda, Opistobranchia). Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. 34 1: 87-147. [details]
additional source Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 133 [details]
additional source Nimbs M. J., Willan R. C. & Smith S. D. A. (2017). Is Port Stephens, eastern Australia, a global hotspot for biodiversity of Aplysiidae (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia)?. <em>Molluscan Research.</em> 37(1): 47-65., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/13235818.2016.1207280 [details]
additional source Drivas, J.; Jay, M. (1987). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection Les Beautés de la Nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. 159 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Branch, G. M. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. <em>David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg.</em> , available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=W_2QB8ftLgcC [details]
page(s): 96-106 [details]
original description (of Aplysia hasselti Férussac in Rang, 1828) Rang S. (1828). <i>Histoire naturelle des Aplysiens</i>. Paris: Firmin Didot. 83 pp. 24 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14983674
page(s): 49 [details]
original description (of Dolabella rumphii var. maculosa Bergh, 1905) Bergh, L. S. R. (1905). Die Opisthobranchiata der Siboga-expedition. <em>Siboga-Expeditie.</em> 50: 1-248, pls 1-20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11650714
page(s): 18, pl. 3 fig. 1, pl. 8 figs 8-9 [details]
basis of record Bebbington, A., 1977. Aplysiid species from eastern Australia with notes on the Pacific Ocean Aplysiomorpha (Gastropoda, Opistobranchia). Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. 34 1: 87-147. [details]
additional source Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 133 [details]
additional source Nimbs M. J., Willan R. C. & Smith S. D. A. (2017). Is Port Stephens, eastern Australia, a global hotspot for biodiversity of Aplysiidae (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia)?. <em>Molluscan Research.</em> 37(1): 47-65., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/13235818.2016.1207280 [details]
additional source Drivas, J.; Jay, M. (1987). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection Les Beautés de la Nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. 159 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Branch, G. M. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. <em>David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg.</em> , available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=W_2QB8ftLgcC [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From other sources
Description A large bulky sea hare, notable by its trancated, flattened and sloping posterior, up to 20 cm long. Body colour is variable, in shades of green and brown, and the body is often covered in papillae, giving the animals a prickly or shaggy appearance. Habitat: shallow water and eulittoral, under and around large stones and boulders on sand. Distribution: Indo-Pacific (Richmond, 1997) [details]Spelling spelled D. auricularis in Vine,1986 . [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | wedge sea hareshoulderblade sea catdonsolblunt-end seahare | [details] |
| German | Stumpfenden-Seehase | [details] |
| Japanese | タツナミガイ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Dolabella ecaudata (Rang, 1828))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Dolabella rumphii Cuvier, 1817)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Dolabella gigas (Rang, 1828))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (32 publications) (from synonym Dolabella scapula O'Donoghue, 1929)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To CSIRO Marine Invertebrate Image Collection (MIIC-03155): Dolabella auricularia (Lightfoot, 1786)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To Encyclopedia of Life (from synonym Dolabella scapula O'Donoghue, 1929)
To Encyclopedia of Life (from synonym Dolabella gigas (Rang, 1828))
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 19 proteins)
To Sea Slug Forum (via archive.org)
To Sea Slug Forum (via archive.org) (from synonym Dolabella gigas (Rang, 1828))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Dolabella scapula O'Donoghue, 1929)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Dolabella ecaudata (Rang, 1828))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Dolabella rumphii Cuvier, 1817)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Dolabella gigas (Rang, 1828))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (32 publications) (from synonym Dolabella scapula O'Donoghue, 1929)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To CSIRO Marine Invertebrate Image Collection (MIIC-03155): Dolabella auricularia (Lightfoot, 1786)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To Encyclopedia of Life (from synonym Dolabella scapula O'Donoghue, 1929)
To Encyclopedia of Life (from synonym Dolabella gigas (Rang, 1828))
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 19 proteins)
To Sea Slug Forum (via archive.org)
To Sea Slug Forum (via archive.org) (from synonym Dolabella gigas (Rang, 1828))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Dolabella scapula O'Donoghue, 1929)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
