WoRMS taxon details
Adalaria proxima (Alder & Hancock, 1854)
140629 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140629)
accepted
Species
Doris proxima Alder & Hancock, 1854 · unaccepted (original combination)
Onchidoris proxima (Alder & Hancock, 1854) · unaccepted
marine
(of Doris proxima Alder & Hancock, 1854) Alder J. & Hancock A. (1854). Notice of some new species of British Nudibranchiata. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> ser. 2, 14: 102-105., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18659561 [details]
Distribution Arctic seas to Eastport, Maine, including the Cobscook Bay. Europe
Distribution Arctic seas to Eastport, Maine, including the Cobscook Bay. Europe [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Adalaria proxima (Alder & Hancock, 1854). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140629 on 2025-09-23
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Doris proxima Alder & Hancock, 1854) Alder J. & Hancock A. (1854). Notice of some new species of British Nudibranchiata. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> ser. 2, 14: 102-105., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18659561 [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Martynov, A. & Korshunova, T. (2025). <i>Hidden diversity of the North Pacific prompts reorganization of the taxonomic system</i>. Moscow: Neptune. ISBN 978-5-9905149-3-5. 48 pp.
page(s): 21 [details]
page(s): 21 [details]
Other
additional source
Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors 
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additional source Turgeon, D., Quinn, J. F., Bogan, A. E., Coan, E. V., Hochberg, F. G., Lyons, W. G., Mikkelsen, P. M., Neves, R. J., Roper, C. F. E., Rosenberg, G., Roth, B., Scheltema, A., Thompson, F. G., Vecchione, M., Williams, J. D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. <i>American Fisheries Society Special Publication</i>, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Bleakney, J. S. (1996). Sea slugs of Atlantic Canada and the Gulf of Maine. <em>The Nova Scotia Museum Field Guide Series. Nimbus Publishing. Halifax.</em> 1-216. [details]
additional source Gosner, K. L. (1971). Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. <em>John Wiley & Sons, Inc., London.</em> 693 pp. [pdf copepod and branchiuran :445-455]. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Fahey S.J. & Valdés A. (2005). Review of <i>Acanthodoris</i> Gray, 1850 with a phylogenetic analysis of Onchidorididae Alder and Hancock, 1845 (Mollusca, Nudibranchia). <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> 56(20): 213-273., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/scipubs/pdfs/v56/proccas_v56_n20.pdf [details]
additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source Turgeon, D., Quinn, J. F., Bogan, A. E., Coan, E. V., Hochberg, F. G., Lyons, W. G., Mikkelsen, P. M., Neves, R. J., Roper, C. F. E., Rosenberg, G., Roth, B., Scheltema, A., Thompson, F. G., Vecchione, M., Williams, J. D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. <i>American Fisheries Society Special Publication</i>, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Bleakney, J. S. (1996). Sea slugs of Atlantic Canada and the Gulf of Maine. <em>The Nova Scotia Museum Field Guide Series. Nimbus Publishing. Halifax.</em> 1-216. [details]
additional source Gosner, K. L. (1971). Guide to identification of marine and estuarine invertebrates: Cape Hatteras to the Bay of Fundy. <em>John Wiley & Sons, Inc., London.</em> 693 pp. [pdf copepod and branchiuran :445-455]. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Fahey S.J. & Valdés A. (2005). Review of <i>Acanthodoris</i> Gray, 1850 with a phylogenetic analysis of Onchidorididae Alder and Hancock, 1845 (Mollusca, Nudibranchia). <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> 56(20): 213-273., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/scipubs/pdfs/v56/proccas_v56_n20.pdf [details]
additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Dimensions maximum size of 15 mm [details]Distribution Arctic seas to Eastport, Maine, including the Cobscook Bay. Europe [details]
Habitat bathyal of the Gulf and estuary [details]
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) (from synonym Onchidoris proxima (Alder & Hancock, 1854))
To Barcode of Life (35 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications) (from synonym Doris proxima Alder & Hancock, 1854)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (37 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Adalaria proxima)
To GB Mollusca Types (Doris proxima Alder & Hancock; Syntype(s) (possible); NEWHM:1998.H4721) (from synonym Doris proxima Alder & Hancock, 1854)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 9 proteins) (from synonym Doris proxima Alder & Hancock, 1854)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 9 proteins) (from synonym Onchidoris proxima (Alder & Hancock, 1854))
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Doris proxima Alder & Hancock, 1854)
To Sea Slug Forum (via archive.org)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 010347.GP)
To ITIS
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) (from synonym Onchidoris proxima (Alder & Hancock, 1854))
To Barcode of Life (35 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications) (from synonym Doris proxima Alder & Hancock, 1854)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (37 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Adalaria proxima)
To GB Mollusca Types (Doris proxima Alder & Hancock; Syntype(s) (possible); NEWHM:1998.H4721) (from synonym Doris proxima Alder & Hancock, 1854)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 9 proteins) (from synonym Doris proxima Alder & Hancock, 1854)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 9 proteins) (from synonym Onchidoris proxima (Alder & Hancock, 1854))
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Doris proxima Alder & Hancock, 1854)
To Sea Slug Forum (via archive.org)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 010347.GP)
To ITIS
