WoRMS name details

Bosellia curasoae Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1970

758599  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:758599)

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Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Bosellia mimetica curasoae Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1970) Marcus, Er.; Marcus, Ev. (1970). Opisthobranchs from Curaçao and faunistically related regions. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 33 (1): 1-129., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/506186/SFAC1970033001001.pdf
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MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Bosellia curasoae Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1970. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=758599 on 2026-05-27
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2014-03-20 07:35:23Z
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2025-01-09 21:32:29Z
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Nomenclature

original description (of Bosellia mimetica curasoae Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1970) Marcus, Er.; Marcus, Ev. (1970). Opisthobranchs from Curaçao and faunistically related regions. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 33 (1): 1-129., available online at https://repository.naturalis.nl/pub/506186/SFAC1970033001001.pdf
page(s): 50-53 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record Ortea, J.; Espinosa, J.; Buske, Y.; Caballer, M. (2013). Additions to the inventory of the sea slugs (Opisthobranchia and Sacoglossa) from Guadeloupe (Lesser Antilles, Caribbean Sea). <em>Revista de la Academia Canaria de Ciencias.</em> 25: 163-194. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Taxonomy

status source Lugo, L. M., Dimitris, A., Martín-Hervás, M. R., Gonzalez-Garcia, B. C. & Krug, P. J. (2025). A mimic's mimic: Redescription of <i>Elysia corinneae</i> (Ev. Marcus, 1973), one of three <i>Halimeda</i>-eating <i>Elysia</i> (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) misclassified as <i>Bosellia</i> due to fused parapodia. <em>American Malacological Bulletin.</em> 42(1): 1-21., available online at https://doi.org/10.4003/006.042.0107 [details]