WoRMS name details
Discodorididae aliciae Dayrat, 2005
761840 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:761840)
unaccepted (unavailable name: published in a non-binominal work)
Species
marine
Dayrat, B. (2005). Advantages of naming species under the PhyloCode : An example of how a new species of Discodorididae ( Mollusca , Gastropoda , Euthyneura , Nudibranchia , Doridina ) may be named. <em>Marine Biology Research.</em> 1(3): 216-232., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/17451000510019141 [details] Available for editors 
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Type locality contained in Mexico
, Note inside a cave, El Morro, Bahia de Banderas,...
type locality contained in Mexico (origin: native) [details]
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Type locality inside a cave, El Morro, Bahia de Banderas, Nayarit, 23 meters deep [details]
Etymology Named for the Mexican malacologist, Alicia Hermosillo-McKowen (19**-20**).
Nomenclature Unavailable under the ICZN because Dayrat (2005) did not consistently apply binominal nomenclature (Article 11.4)
Etymology Named for the Mexican malacologist, Alicia Hermosillo-McKowen (19**-20**). [details]
Nomenclature Unavailable under the ICZN because Dayrat (2005) did not consistently apply binominal nomenclature (Article 11.4)
Nomenclature Unavailable under the ICZN because Dayrat (2005) did not consistently apply binominal nomenclature (Article 11.4) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Discodorididae aliciae Dayrat, 2005. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=761840 on 2026-06-07
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Nomenclature
original description
Dayrat, B. (2005). Advantages of naming species under the PhyloCode : An example of how a new species of Discodorididae ( Mollusca , Gastropoda , Euthyneura , Nudibranchia , Doridina ) may be named. <em>Marine Biology Research.</em> 1(3): 216-232., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/17451000510019141 [details] Available for editors [request]
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additional source
Bertsch, H., Groves, L. T. & Dees, R. (2025). Invertebrate eponyms honoring women members of the Western Society of Malacologists. <em>The Western Society of Malacologists, Occasional Papers.</em> Number 4: 1-270, pls. 1-S263A-L.
page(s): 98, pl. S255 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 98, pl. S255 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Etymology Named for the Mexican malacologist, Alicia Hermosillo-McKowen (19**-20**). [details]Nomenclature Unavailable under the ICZN because Dayrat (2005) did not consistently apply binominal nomenclature (Article 11.4) [details]
Type locality inside a cave, El Morro, Bahia de Banderas, Nayarit, 23 meters deep [details]
