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Hexabranchus sanguineus (Rüppell & Leuckart, 1830) 
AphiaID: 220381

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Heterobranchia (Subclass) > Opisthobranchia (Infraclass) > Nudibranchia (Order) > Euctenidiacea (Suborder) > Doridacea (Infraorder) > Polyceroidea (Superfamily) > Hexabranchidae (Family) > Hexabranchus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Hexabranchus Ehrenberg, 1828
Synonymised
taxa
  Aethedoris indica Abraham, 1877
Albania formosa Collingwood, 1881
Doris cardinalis Gould, 1852
Doris flammulatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1832
Doris lacera Cuvier, 1804 (Declared nomen oblitum under Art. 23.9)
Doris marginata Quoy & Gaimard, 1832
Doris marginatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1832
Doris sandwichensis Eydoux & Souleyet, 1852
Doris sanguinea Rüppell & Leuckart, 1830 (original combination)
Heptabranchus burnettii A. Adams, 1848
Hexabranchus adamsii Gray, 1850
Hexabranchus aneiteumensis Abraham, 1877
Hexabranchus aneitus Bergh, 1878
Hexabranchus aureomarginatus Ostergaard, 1955
Hexabranchus digitatus Eliot, 1906
Hexabranchus imperialis Kent, 1897
Hexabranchus marginatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
Hexabranchus mauritianus Abraham, 1877
Hexabranchus orbicularis Abraham, 1877
Hexabranchus pellucidulus Abraham, 1876
Hexabranchus plicatus Hägg, 1901
Hexabranchus praetextus Ehrenberg, 1828
Hexabranchus pulchellus Pease, 1860
Hexabranchus suezensis Abraham, 1876
Hexabranchus tinkeri Ostergaard, 1955
Sources  basis of record: Valdés Á. (2002). A phylogenetic analysis and systematic revision of the cryptobranch dorids (Mollusca, Nudibranchia, Anthobranchia). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 136: 535-636
page(s): 561-565 [details]


additional source: Yonow N. (2012) Opisthobranchs from the western Indian Ocean, with descriptions of two new species and ten new records (Mollusca, Gastropoda). ZooKeys 197: 1–129. [22 May 2012], available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.197.1728 [details]

additional source: Rudman, W.B. (1986). The Chromodorididae (Ophistobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: Noumea purpurea and Chromodoris decora colour groups. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 86 (4): 309-353.
page(s): 350 [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]

from synonym: 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] [view taxon]

from synonym: Valdés Á. (2002) How many species of Hexabranchus (Opisthobranchia : Dorididae) are there? Molluscan Research 22(3): 289-301., available online at http://www.publish.csiro.au/?act=view_file&file_id=MR02012.pdf [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Abraham P. 1877. Revision of the anthobranchiate nudibranchiate Mollusca with descriptions or notices of forty-one hitherto undescribed species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1877: 196-269 [agosto], available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28510784 [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Thompson T.E. (1972) Observations on Hexabranchus from the Australian Great Barrier Reef. The Veliger 15(1): 1-5. [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Valdés Á. & Fahey S.J. (2006) Dorid nudibranchs described by J.E. Gray in M.E. Gray, 1842-1857 (Mollusca Opisthobranchia). Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 69: 95-102.
page(s): 100 [details] [view taxon]


from synonym: Rudman W.B. (1985) The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: Chromodoris aureomarginata, C. verrieri and C. fidelis colour groups. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 83: 241-299.
page(s): 262 [details] [view taxon]


Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English Spanish dancer  [details]
Distribution East Coast of South Africa [details]
Mozambique (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Red Sea [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To Sea Slug Forum (via archive.org)
Note  Nomenclature: Declared as nomen protectum against the older synonym Doris lacera Cuvier, 1804 by Valdés (2002: 562) [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:220381
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
1997-11-19 09:36:22Z  created  Fondo, Esther
2010-10-24 16:13:02Z  changed  Bouchet, Philippe
2010-12-01 08:04:18Z  changed  Bouchet, Philippe
2010-12-02 19:30:49Z  changed  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P. (2013). Hexabranchus sanguineus (Rüppell & Leuckart, 1830). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=220381 on 2013-05-26
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