WoRMS name details
Bursatella leachi [sic]
217240 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217240)
unaccepted (misspelling)
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marine
Description A broad, plump sea slug, up to 7cm, varying in colour from tan to brown or orange. Body is covered in simple and/or...
Description A broad, plump sea slug, up to 7cm, varying in colour from tan to brown or orange. Body is covered in simple and/or branched papillae. There can be black dots and markings, or blue or green spots ringed with pale orange. Swims by jet propulsion, somersaulting through the water. Habitat: lagoons, estuaries, tidal rock pools and shallow sublittoral. Distribution: pantropical. [details]
MolluscaBase (2018). Bursatella leachi [sic]. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217240 on 2018-04-24
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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 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 Streftaris, N.; Zenetos, A.; Papathanassiou, E. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 43: 419-453. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Zenetos, A., M.E. Çinar, M.A. Pancucci-Papadopoulou, J.G. Harmelin, G. Furnari, F. Andaloro, N. Bellou, N. Streftaris & H. Zibrowius. (2005). Annotated list of marine alien species in the Mediterranean with records of the worst invasive species. Mediterranean Marine Science 6(2):63-118. [details] Available for editors
[request]
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 Streftaris, N.; Zenetos, A.; Papathanassiou, E. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 43: 419-453. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source Zenetos, A., M.E. Çinar, M.A. Pancucci-Papadopoulou, J.G. Harmelin, G. Furnari, F. Andaloro, N. Bellou, N. Streftaris & H. Zibrowius. (2005). Annotated list of marine alien species in the Mediterranean with records of the worst invasive species. Mediterranean Marine Science 6(2):63-118. [details] Available for editors




From other sources
Description A broad, plump sea slug, up to 7cm, varying in colour from tan to brown or orange. Body is covered in simple and/or branched papillae. There can be black dots and markings, or blue or green spots ringed with pale orange. Swims by jet propulsion, somersaulting through the water. Habitat: lagoons, estuaries, tidal rock pools and shallow sublittoral. Distribution: pantropical. [details]
Language | Name | |
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English | shaggy sea hare | [details] |