WoRMS name details

Polycera capitata (Alder & Hancock, 1854)

1541497  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1541497)

uncertain > nomen dubium
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Thecacera capitata Alder & Hancock, 1854) Alder J. & Hancock A. (1854). Notice of some new species of British Nudibranchiata. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> ser. 2, 14: 102-105., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18659561 [details]   
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Polycera capitata (Alder & Hancock, 1854). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1541497 on 2024-04-28
Date
action
by
2021-09-19 07:04:55Z
created
2022-04-16 06:41:01Z
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original description  (of Thecacera capitata Alder & Hancock, 1854) Alder J. & Hancock A. (1854). Notice of some new species of British Nudibranchiata. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> ser. 2, 14: 102-105., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18659561 [details]   

additional source Thompson, T. E.; Brown, G. H. (1984). <i>Biology of Opisthobranch Molluscs vol. 2</i>. Ray Society (Monograph 156), London. 229 pp.  [details]   

status source Korshunova, T. A.; Driessen, F. M. F.; Picton, B. E.; Martynov, A. V. (2021). The multilevel organismal diversity approach deciphers difficult to distinguish nudibranch species complex. <em>Scientific Reports.</em> 11(1)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-94863-5
note: treated as valid [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

status source Malaquias, M.A.E., Sørensen, C.G., Rauch, C. & Pola, M. (2022). <i>Polycera norvegica</i> is a valid species, and a plea for good taxonomic practices – a reply to Korshunova <i>et al</i>., 2021. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> DOI: 10.1017/S0025315422000108: 1-3., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315422000108 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request]