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(of Doris nigra W. Stimpson, 1855) Stimpson, W. (1855). Descriptions of some of the new Marine Invertebrata from the Chinese and Japanese Seas. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. 7(10): 375-384., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26299600
page(s): 380 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Dendrodoris nigra (W. Stimpson, 1855). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=139519 on 2025-05-01

Taxonomic edit history

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Vos, Chris

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Nomenclature

original description (of Doris nigra W. Stimpson, 1855) Stimpson, W. (1855). Descriptions of some of the new Marine Invertebrata from the Chinese and Japanese Seas. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. 7(10): 375-384., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26299600
page(s): 380 [details]

original description (of Dendrodoris melaena J. K. Allan, 1932) Allan, J.K. (1932). Australian nudibranchs. Australian Zoologist. 7(2): 87-105, pls 4-5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38708706
page(s): 98 [details]

original description (of Actinodoris australis Angas, 1864) Angas, G.F. (1864). Description d'espèces nouvelles appartenant à plusieurs genres de mollusques nudibranches des environs de Port-Jackson (Nouvelle-Galles du Sud), accompagnée de dessins faits d'après nature. Journal de Conchyliologie. 12(1): 43-70., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16055237
page(s): 49, Plate 4, Figure 8 [details]

original description (of Doris debilis Pease, 1871) Pease, W. H. (1871). Descriptions of new species of nudibranchiate Mollusca inhabiting Polynesia. Nº2. American Journal of Conchology. 7(1): 11-19., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15918145
page(s): 11 [details]

original description (of Doris sordida Pease, 1871) Pease, W. H. (1871). Descriptions of new species of nudibranchiate Mollusca inhabiting Polynesia. Nº2. American Journal of Conchology. 7(1): 11-19., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15918145
page(s): 14 [details]

original description (of Doris rubrilineata Pease, 1871) Pease, W. H. (1871). Descriptions of new species of nudibranchiate Mollusca inhabiting Polynesia. Nº2. American Journal of Conchology. 7(1): 11-19., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15918145
page(s): 12 [details]

original description (of Doris atroviridis Kelaart, 1858) Kelaart E.F. (1858). Description of new and little known species of Ceylon nudibranchiate molluscs, and zoophytes. Journal of the Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. 3 (9): 84-139. [May 1858]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43940429
page(s): 104 [details]

original description (of Hexabranchus nebulosus Pease, 1860) Pease, W. H. (1860). Descriptions of new species of Mollusca from the Sandwich Islands. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 28: 18-36; 141-148., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12866516
page(s): 33 [details]

original description (of Doris mariei Crosse, 1875) Crosse, H. (1875). Description de nudibranches inédits, provenant de la Nouvelle-Calédonie, avec le catalogue des espèces actuellement connues. Journal de Conchyliologie. 23: 305-322., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15674851
page(s): 307 [details]

original description (of Goniodoris montrouzieri Crosse, 1875) Crosse, H. (1875). Description de nudibranches inédits, provenant de la Nouvelle-Calédonie, avec le catalogue des espèces actuellement connues. Journal de Conchyliologie. 23: 305-322., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15674851
page(s): 311 [details]

original description (of Doridopsis australiensis Abraham, 1877) Abraham, P. S. (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, pl. 28-30 [August]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28510784
page(s): 263 [details]

original description (of Doriopsis nigra var. coerulea Bergh, 1880) Bergh, L. S. R. (1880). Beiträge zur Kenntniss der japanischen Nudibranchien. I. Verhandlungen der Kaiserliche-Königliche Zoologisch-Botanisch Gesellschaft in Wien. 30: 155-200, pls 1-5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16396434
page(s): 181 [details]

original description (of Doriopsis nigra var. nigerrima Bergh, 1888) Bergh, L. S. R. (1888-1889). Malakologische Untersuchungen. Nudibranchien vom Meere der Insel Mauritius. In: Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen von Dr. C. Semper, vol. 2. part 3, pp. 755-872, pl. 77-84. [pp. 755-814, pl. 77-81, August 2, 1888; pp. 815-872, pl. 82-84, March 27, 1889, according to Winckworth, 1946]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14376225
page(s): 842 [details]

original description (of Doriopsis nigra var. luteopunctata Bergh, 1905) Bergh, L. S. R. (1905). Die Opisthobranchiata der Siboga-expedition. In: Weber M. (ed.) Uitkomsten op Zoologisch, Botanisch, Oceanographisch en Geologisch Gebied verzameld in Nederlandsch Oost-Indië 1899-1900 aan boord H.M. Siboga onder commando van Luitenant ter zee 1e. kl. G.F. Tydeman. Siboga-Expeditie Monographie 50 (Livraison 25): 1-248, pls 1-20. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11650714
page(s): 170 [details]

original description (of Doridopsis mollis Risbec, 1928) Risbec, J. (1928). Contribution à l'étude des nudibranches néo-calédoniens. [Contribution to the study of New Caledonian nudibranchs. Faune des Colonies Françaises. 2: 1-328 [incl. figs 1-98, pls 1-12, maps].
page(s): 65 [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Doriopsis nigra var. brunnea Bergh, 1890) Bergh, L. S. R. (1890). Die Nudibranchien des “Sunda-Meeres”. Malacologische Untersuchungen. In: Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen von Dr. Carl Gottfried Semper. Zweiter Theil. Wissenschaftliche Resultate. Band 2, Theil 3, Heft 17, pp. 873-992, pls. 85-89., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14376343
page(s): 966 [details]

original description (of Doridopsis macfarlandi Ostergaard, 1955) Ostergaard, J. M. (1955). Some Opisthobranchiate Mollusca from Hawaii. Pacific Science. 9(2): 110-136, pls 1-2., available online at https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/10125/8849/1/vol9n2-110-136.pdf
page(s): 128 [details]

basis of record Brodie, G. D.; Willan, R. C.; Collins, J. D. (1997). Taxonomy and occurrence of Dendrodoris nigra and Dendrodoris fumata (Nudibranchia: Dendrodorididae) in the Indo-West Pacific region. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 63 (4): 407-423., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/63.3.407 [details]

Other

context source (Introduced species) Katsanevakis, S.; Bogucarskis, K.; Gatto, F.; Vandekerkhove, J.; Deriu, I.; Cardoso A.S. (2012). Building the European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN): a novel approach for the exploration of distributed alien species data. BioInvasions Records. 1: 235-245., available online at http://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu [details] Available for editors

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context source (HKRMS) Orr J. (1980). Annotated checklist of Hong Kong nudibranchs. In: Morton B, editor. Proceedings of the first International workshop on the malacofaunal of Hong Kong and Southern China. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. pp 109-117. [details]

additional source Gosliner, T. (1987). Nudibranchs of Southern Africa: A Guide to Opisthobranch Molluscs of Southern Africa. Sea Challengers, Monterey, California.
page(s): 87. [details]

additional source Galil, B. (2007). Seeing Red: Alien species along the Mediterranean coast of Israel. Aquatic Invasions. 2(4): 281-312., available online at https://doi.org/10.3391/ai.2007.2.4.2 [details]

additional source Hirose M., Hirose E. & Kiyomoto M. (2015). Identification of five species of Dendrodoris (Mollusca: Nudibranchia) from Japan, using DNA barcode and larval characters. Marine Biodiversity. 45(4): 769-780. [details]

additional source Yonow N. (2017). Results of the Rumphius Biohistorical Expedition to Ambon (1990). Part 16. The Nudibranchia - Dendronotina, Arminina, Aeolidina, and Doridina (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Heterobranchia). Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 146(1): 135-172. [details]

additional source Gosliner, T. et al. (2023). Southern African Sea Slugs. Southern Underwater Research Group Press, 7 Blackwood Drive, Hout Bay 7806, Cape Town, South Africa.
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additional source Maniei, F. & Wägele, H. (2024). Dendrodorididae (Heterobranchia, Nudibranchia) from Persian Gulf with a description of a new species of Doriopsilla and remarks on the family. European Journal of Taxonomy. 943: 179-217., available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2024.943.2595
page(s): 187, figs 2A–B, 3–4, 5A [details]

additional source Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]

additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]

additional source Burn, R. F. (2006). A checklist and bibliography of the Opisthobranchia (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Victoria and the Bass Strait area, south-eastern Australia. Museum Victoria Science Reports. 10:1–42., available online at http://researchdata.museum.vic.gov.au/marine/burn_2006.pdf [details]

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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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 https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.197.1728 [details]

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Introduced species vector dispersal in Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (Marine Region) : Canals: natural range expansion through man-made canals [details]

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