Hexabranchus
creator: Vanden Berghe, Edward
creator: Bouchet, Philippe
date: 2026-08-01
language: en
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publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Hexabranchus Ehrenberg, 1828
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Hexabranchus Ehrenberg, 1828. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206859 on 2026-08-01
created: 2004-06-07T00:00:00Z
modified: 2018-04-07T17:04:52Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Hexabranchus Ehrenberg, 1828
class: Gastropoda
family: Hexabranchidae
genus: Hexabranchus
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Ehrenberg, C. G. (1828-1831). Animalia evertebrata exclusis Insectis. Series prima. In: F. G. Hemprich & C. G. Ehrenberg, Symbolae physicae, seu icones et descriptiones Mammalium, Avium, Insectorum et animalia evertebra, quae ex itinere per Africam borealem et Asiam occidentalem studio nova aut illustrata redierunt. 126 pp. (1831), 10 pls (1828).
name published in: Collingwood, C. (1881). On some new species of nudibranchiate Mollusca from the eastern seas. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology, series 2. 2(2):123-140, pls. 9-10.
name published in: Adams, A. (1847). Notes from a journal of research into the natural history of the countries visited during the Voyage of H.M.S. Samarang, under the command of Captain Sir E. Belcher, C.B. In: E. Belcher. Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Samarang, During the Years 1843-46; Empployed Surveying the Islands of the Eastern Archipelago; Accompanied by a Brief Vocabulary of the Principal Languages. Volume II. Reeve, Benham, and Reeve: London. pp. 223-532.
name published in: Mörch [Mørch], O. A. L. (1863). Contributions à la faune malacologique des Antilles danoises. Journal de Conchyliologie. 11(1): 21-43.
name published in: 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].
name published in: Ortea, J., Caballer, M. & Moro, L. (2003). Descripción de los individuos jovenes de Hexabranchus mormosus Marcus & Marcus, 1962 (Mollusca, Nudibranchia) con algunas consideraciones sobre la sistemática de la familia Hexabranchiadae. Revista de la Academia Canaria de Ciencias. 14(3-4): 193-200.
name published in year: 1828-1831
name published in year: 1881
name published in year: 1847
name published in year: 1863
name published in year: 1877
name published in year: 2003
order: Doridida
parent name usage ID: 412582
phylum: Mollusca
scientific name authorship: Ehrenberg, 1828
taxon rank: Genus
taxonomic status: accepted