WoRMS name details

Pleurobranchus xhosa Macnae, 1962

765105  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:765105)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Heterobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Euthyneura (Infraclass)
  7. Ringipleura (Subterclass)
  8. Nudipleura (Superorder)
  9. Pleurobranchida (Order)
  10. Pleurobranchoidea (Superfamily)
  11. Pleurobranchidae (Family)
  12. Pleurobranchus (Genus)
  13. Pleurobranchus xhosa (Species)
 unaccepted
Species
marine
Macnae, W. (1962). Notaspidean opisthobranchiate molluscs from southern Africa. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 15(15): 167–181.
page(s): 176, text-fig. 6. [details] 
Type locality contained in South African part of the Indian Ocean  
type locality contained in South African part of the Indian Ocean [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pleurobranchus xhosa Macnae, 1962. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=765105 on 2025-05-04
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2014-06-10 08:36:16Z
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Sartori, André F.
2022-08-14 10:44:53Z
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Herbert, David

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Nomenclature

original description Macnae, W. (1962). Notaspidean opisthobranchiate molluscs from southern Africa. <em>Annals of the Natal Museum.</em> 15(15): 167–181.
page(s): 176, text-fig. 6. [details] 

basis of record Gosliner, T. (1987). Nudibranchs of Southern Africa: A Guide to Opisthobranch Molluscs of Southern Africa. Sea Challengers, Monterey, California. [details] 

Taxonomy

source of synonymy Goodheart J., Camacho-García Y., Padula V., Schrödl M., Cervera J.L., Gosliner T.M. & Valdés Á. (2015). Systematics and biogeography of <i>Pleurobranchus</i> Cuvier, 1804, sea slugs (Heterobranchia: Nudipleura: Pleurobranchidae). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 174: 322-362., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12237 [details] 

status source Rudman, W. B. (1999). Pleurobranchus peroni Cuvier, 1804. <em>[In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.</em> [details] 

Other

additional source Gosliner, T. (1987). Nudibranchs of Southern Africa: A Guide to Opisthobranch Molluscs of Southern Africa. Sea Challengers, Monterey, California.
page(s): 59. [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   


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