WoRMS taxon details
Glossodoris atromarginata (Cuvier, 1804)
AphiaID: 214507
AphiaID: 214507
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Heterobranchia (Subclass) > Opisthobranchia (Infraclass) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Euctenidiacea (Suborder) > Doridacea (Infraorder) > Doridoidea (Superfamily) > Chromodorididae (Family) > Glossodoris (Genus) |
| Status |  unaccepted | |||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||||||||
| Accepted name | Doriprismatica atromarginata (Cuvier, 1804) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Glossodoris Ehrenberg, 1831 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
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] additional source: Rudman W.B. (1984) The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: a review of the genera. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 81 (2/3): 115-273. page(s): 117, 149 [details] additional source: Gosliner, T.M., Behrens, D.W. & Valdés, Á. (2008) Indo-Pacific Nudibranchs and seaslugs. A field guide to the world's most diverse fauna. Sea Challengers Natural History Books, Washington, 426 pp. page(s): 233 [details] additional source: Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R.H. (2007) Nudibranchs of the world. ConchBooks, Frankfurt, 360 pp. ISBN: 978-3-939767-06-0 page(s): 192 [details] additional source: Rudman W.B. & Darvell B.W. (1990) Opisthobranch molluscs of Hong Kong: Part 1. Goniodorididae, Onchidorididae, Triophidae, Gymnodorididae, Chromodorididae (Nudibranchia). Asian Marine Biology 7: 31-79. page(s): 64 [details] additional source: Rudman W.B. (1990) The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: further species of Glossodoris, Thorunna and the Chromodoris aureomarginata colour group. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 100: 263-326 page(s): 272 [details] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||||||||
| Host of |
Doridicola parapatulus Kim I.H., 2004 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
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| Links | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To Sea Slug Forum (via archive.org) Note: Down images: same photos as in Rudman (1986b). | |||||||||||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Up to 5 cm long. Western Indian Ocean specimens tend to be olive-green, although geographical colour variations exist. The central area is darker, densely speckled with white. There is a marginal opaque-white band and the edge is deep bluish-black. Habitat: divers, among shallow coral reefs, often in the eulittoral zone. Distribution: W Indian Ocean, Red Sea to W Pacific Ocean. [details] | |||||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:214507 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Bouchet, P.; Caballer, M. (2013). Glossodoris atromarginata (Cuvier, 1804). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=214507 on 2013-05-18 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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