Asteronotus cespitosus
creator: Onyango, Eunice
creator: Vanden Berghe, Edward
creator: Bouchet, Philippe
creator: Picton, Bernard
date: 2026-08-01
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Asteronotus cespitosus (van Hasselt, 1824)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Asteronotus cespitosus (van Hasselt, 1824). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215302 on 2026-08-01
created: 1998-09-02T11:02:48Z
modified: 2020-06-23T08:45:52Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Asteronotus cespitosus (van Hasselt, 1824)
class: Gastropoda
family: Discodorididae
genus: Asteronotus
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Risbec, J. (1956). Nudibranches du Viet-Nam. Archives du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. ser. 7, 4: 1-34, pls 1-22.
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: Allan, J.K. (1932). Australian nudibranchs. Australian Zoologist. 7(2): 87-105, pls 4-5.
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: Hasselt J.C. van. (1824). In: A. Férussac. Extrait d'une lettre du Dr. J. C. van Hasselt au Prof. van Swinderen, sur mollusques de Java (traduit de l'Algem. konst en letterbode, 1824, nos. 2, 3, 4.) Tjuringe (île Java), le 25 mai 1823 (I). Bulletin des Sciences Naturelle et de Géologie. 3: 237-245.
name published in: O'Donoghue, C.H. (1924). Report on Opisthobranchiata from the Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia, with description of a new parasitic copepod. Journal of the Linnean Society of London. 35: 521-579, pls 27-30.
name published in year: 1956
name published in year: 1828-1831
name published in year: 1932
name published in year: 1877
name published in year: 1824
name published in year: 1924
order: Doridida
parent name usage ID: 206528
phylum: Mollusca
scientific name authorship: (van Hasselt, 1824)
specific epithet: cespitosus
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted