WoRMS taxon details
Phyllaplysia taylori Dall, 1900
568034 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:568034)
accepted
Species
Phyllaplysia zostericola McCauley, 1960 · unaccepted
marine
Dall, W. H. (1900). On a genus (<i>Phyllaplysia</i>) new to the Pacific coast. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 14(8): 91–92 [December]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1731602 [details]
Distribution Vancouver Island, British Columbia, to San Diego, California; 0–5 m.
Etymology NAmed for the collector, Rev. Dr. George W. Taylor of Wellington, British Columbia, Canada.
Distribution Vancouver Island, British Columbia, to San Diego, California; 0–5 m. [details]
Etymology NAmed for the collector, Rev. Dr. George W. Taylor of Wellington, British Columbia, Canada.
Etymology NAmed for the collector, Rev. Dr. George W. Taylor of Wellington, British Columbia, Canada. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Phyllaplysia taylori Dall, 1900. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=568034 on 2026-09-28
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Nomenclature
original description
Dall, W. H. (1900). On a genus (<i>Phyllaplysia</i>) new to the Pacific coast. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 14(8): 91–92 [December]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1731602 [details]
original description (of Phyllaplysia zostericola McCauley, 1960) McCauley J.E. (1960). The morphology of <i>Phyllaplysia zostericola</i>, new species. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> ser. 4, 29: 549–576., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15657607 [details]
basis of record Valdés A. (2019). Northeast Pacific benthic shelled sea slugs. <em>Zoosymposia.</em> 13: 242-304., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zoosymposia.13.1.21
page(s): 258, fig. 8 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Phyllaplysia zostericola McCauley, 1960) McCauley J.E. (1960). The morphology of <i>Phyllaplysia zostericola</i>, new species. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> ser. 4, 29: 549–576., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15657607 [details]
basis of record Valdés A. (2019). Northeast Pacific benthic shelled sea slugs. <em>Zoosymposia.</em> 13: 242-304., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zoosymposia.13.1.21
page(s): 258, fig. 8 [details] Available for editors
[request]Other
additional source
Bebbington, A., 1977. Aplysiid species from eastern Australia with notes on the Pacific Ocean Aplysiomorpha (Gastropoda, Opistobranchia). Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. 34 1: 87-147., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1977.tb00373.x [details]
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)
page(s): 123 [details]
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)
page(s): 123 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Distribution Vancouver Island, British Columbia, to San Diego, California; 0–5 m. [details]Etymology NAmed for the collector, Rev. Dr. George W. Taylor of Wellington, British Columbia, Canada. [details]
Type locality Nanaimo [details]
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Phyllaplysia taylori)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Sea Slug Forum (via archive.org)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Phyllaplysia taylori)
To GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Sea Slug Forum (via archive.org)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
Unreviewed
