WoRMS taxon details
Hypselodoris capensis (Barnard, 1927)
225515 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:225515)
accepted
Species
Glossodoris capensis Barnard, 1927 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Glossodoris capensis Barnard, 1927) Barnard, K. H. (1927). South African nudibranch mollusca, with descriptions of new species, and a note on some specimens from Tristan d'Acunha. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 25(1): 171-215., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40656381
page(s): 181, pl. 19, figs 3, 4. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 181, pl. 19, figs 3, 4. [details] Available for editors
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Type locality contained in False Bay (South Africa)
type locality contained in False Bay (South Africa) [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Hypselodoris capensis (Barnard, 1927). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225515 on 2025-10-22
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Glossodoris capensis Barnard, 1927) Barnard, K. H. (1927). South African nudibranch mollusca, with descriptions of new species, and a note on some specimens from Tristan d'Acunha. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 25(1): 171-215., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40656381
page(s): 181, pl. 19, figs 3, 4. [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R.H. (2007) <i>Nudibranchs of the world</i>. ConchBooks, Frankfurt, 360 pp. ISBN: 978-3-939767-06-0
page(s): 130 [details]
page(s): 181, pl. 19, figs 3, 4. [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R.H. (2007) <i>Nudibranchs of the world</i>. ConchBooks, Frankfurt, 360 pp. ISBN: 978-3-939767-06-0
page(s): 130 [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Johnson R.F. & Gosliner T.M. (2012) Traditional taxonomic groupings mask evolutionary history: A molecular phylogeny and new classification of
the chromodorid nudibranchs. <i>PLoS ONE</i> 7(4): e33479., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0033479 [details]
Other
additional source
Gosliner, T. (1987). Nudibranchs of Southern Africa: A Guide to Opisthobranch Molluscs of Southern Africa. Sea Challengers, Monterey, California.
page(s): 81. [details]
additional source Gosliner, T. et al. (2023). <i>Southern African Sea Slugs</i>. Southern Underwater Research Group Press, 7 Blackwood Drive, Hout Bay 7806, Cape Town, South Africa.
page(s): 332 [details]
page(s): 81. [details]
additional source Gosliner, T. et al. (2023). <i>Southern African Sea Slugs</i>. Southern Underwater Research Group Press, 7 Blackwood Drive, Hout Bay 7806, Cape Town, South Africa.
page(s): 332 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Cape Split-tooth DoridCape dorid | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (7 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Glossodoris capensis Barnard, 1927)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hypselodoris capensis)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Glossodoris capensis Barnard, 1927)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To Sea Slug Forum (via archive.org)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Glossodoris capensis Barnard, 1927)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hypselodoris capensis)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Glossodoris capensis Barnard, 1927)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To Sea Slug Forum (via archive.org)
