WoRMS taxon details
Phyllodesmium horridum (Macnae, 1954)
599303 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:599303)
accepted
Species
Favorinus horridus Macnae, 1954 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Favorinus horridus Macnae, 1954) Macnae W. (1954). On some eolidacean nudibranchiate mollusca from South Africa. <i>Annals of the Natal Museum 13</i>: 1-50, available online at http://content.ajarchive.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/03040798&CISOPTR=914&REC=1
page(s): 19, text figs 11-13, pl. 1, fig. 4. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 19, text figs 11-13, pl. 1, fig. 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. (2026). MolluscaBase. Phyllodesmium horridum (Macnae, 1954). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=599303 on 2026-03-28
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Favorinus horridus Macnae, 1954) Macnae W. (1954). On some eolidacean nudibranchiate mollusca from South Africa. <i>Annals of the Natal Museum 13</i>: 1-50, available online at http://content.ajarchive.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/03040798&CISOPTR=914&REC=1
page(s): 19, text figs 11-13, pl. 1, fig. 4. [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 19, text figs 11-13, pl. 1, fig. 4. [details] Available for editors
[request]Taxonomy
redescription
Rudman, W. B. (1991). Further studies on the taxonomy and biology of the octocoral-feeding genus Phyllodesmium Ehrenberg, 1831 (Nudibranchia: Aeolidoidea). <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> 57: 167-203., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/57.2.167
page(s): 168. [details]
page(s): 168. [details]
Other
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): 630 [details]
page(s): 630 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Temperate Soft Coral Eater | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Favorinus horridus Macnae, 1954)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Phyllodesmium horridum)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Favorinus horridus Macnae, 1954)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To Sea Slug Forum (via archive.org)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Favorinus horridus Macnae, 1954)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Phyllodesmium horridum)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 3 proteins) (from synonym Favorinus horridus Macnae, 1954)
To GenBank (6 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To Sea Slug Forum (via archive.org)
