Peruvian Register of Marine Species
WoRMS taxon details
Aplysia dactylomela Rang, 1828
138753 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138753)
accepted
Species
Aplysia (Varria) dactylomela Rang, 1828 · alternative representation
Aplysia aequorea Heilprin, 1888 · unaccepted
Aplysia bourailli Risbec, 1951 · unaccepted (invalid: infrasubspecific name)
Aplysia megaptera A. E. Verrill, 1900 · unaccepted
Aplysia ocellata A. d'Orbigny, 1839 · unaccepted
Aplysia odorata var. bourailli Risbec, 1951 · unaccepted (invalid: infrasubspecific name)
Aplysia protea Rang, 1828 · unaccepted
Aplysia schrammii Deshayes, 1857 · unaccepted
Tethys panamensis Pilsbry, 1895 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Rang, S. (1828). <i>Histoire naturelle des Aplysiens</i>. Paris: Firmin Didot. 83 pp. 24 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14983674 [details]
Type locality contained in Cape Verdean Exclusive Economic Zone
, Note "...on the rocks of the harbor of Saint-Yago...
type locality contained in Cape Verdean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality "...on the rocks of the harbor of Saint-Yago de la Praya, in the Cape Verd Islands, and <...> it is still found in the Canary Islands" [details]
Description A beautifully patterned sea hare, up to 40cm long, with body shades of green, brown, and cream. Surface with black rings of...
Description A beautifully patterned sea hare, up to 40cm long, with body shades of green, brown, and cream. Surface with black rings of varying sizes connected by a network of black lines and punctuated by cream spots. Habitat: sheltered eulittoral and shallow sublittoral. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Aplysia dactylomela Rang, 1828. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138753 on 2024-08-27
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original description
Rang, S. (1828). <i>Histoire naturelle des Aplysiens</i>. Paris: Firmin Didot. 83 pp. 24 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14983674 [details]
original description (of Aplysia protea Rang, 1828) Rang, S. (1828). <i>Histoire naturelle des Aplysiens</i>. Paris: Firmin Didot. 83 pp. 24 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14983674
page(s): 56-57, pl. 10 fig. 1-3 [details]
original description (of Aplysia ocellata A. d'Orbigny, 1839) Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1836-1842). <i>Mollusques, Echinodermes, Foraminifères et Polypiers recueillis aux Iles Canaries par MM. Webb et Berthelot</i>. In: Barker-Webb, P. & Berthelot, S. (eds) <i>Histoire naturelle des Iles Canaries</i>, volume 2(2): 117 pp., pls 1-7, 7B. pp. 1-24 [Aug. 1839], 25-48 [Sept. 1839], 49-72 [Oct-1839], 73-104 [Jan. 1840], 105-136 [Mar. 1840], 137-143 [Apr. 1840], 145-152 [Aug. 1842]; pl. 1 [Jul. 1836], 2 [Dec. 1836], 3 [May 1842], 4-5 [June 1840], 7 [May 1842], 6, 7B [Aug. 1842]. Paris: Béthune. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41308382
page(s): 44; pl. 5 fig. 1-4 [details]
original description (of Aplysia schrammii Deshayes, 1857) Deshayes, G. P. (1857). Note sur différents Mollusques de la Guadeloupe, envoyés par M. Schramm. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 6: 137-143., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15862662
page(s): 140 [details]
original description (of Aplysia aequorea Heilprin, 1888) Heilprin, A. (1888). Contributions to the Natural History of the Bermuda Islands. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 40: 302-328., available online at http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4061282.pdf
page(s): 325, pl. 16 figs 2–2b [details]
original description (of Aplysia megaptera A. E. Verrill, 1900) Verrill, A. E. (1900). The nudibranchs and naked tectibranchs of the Bermudas. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts & Sciences.</em> 10: 545-550, pl. 66., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27731318
page(s): 545 [details]
original description (of Aplysia odorata var. bourailli Risbec, 1951) Risbec, J. (1951). Note sur les Tectibranches de Nouvelle-Calédonie. <em>Journal de la Société des Océanistes.</em> 7: 123-158.
page(s): 135 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Aplysia bourailli Risbec, 1951) Risbec, J. (1951). Note sur les Tectibranches de Nouvelle-Calédonie. <em>Journal de la Société des Océanistes.</em> 7: 123-158. [details] Available for editors
[request]
original description (of Tethys panamensis Pilsbry, 1895) Pilsbry, H. A. (1895-1896). <i>Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species</i>. Ser. 1. Vol. 16: Philinidae, Gastropteridae, Aglajidae, Aplysiidae, Oxynoeidae, Runcinidae, Umbraculidae, Pleurobranchidae. pp vii, 1-262, pls 1-74. Philadelphia, published by the Conchological Section, Academy of Natural Sciences. [pp. 1-48, pls. 1-16, Aug. 20, 1895; pp. 49-112, pls. 17-31, Nov. 26, 1895; pp. 113-160, pls. 32-43, Mar. 13, 1896; pp. 161-262, pls. 44-74, Sept. 23, 1896; pp. i-vii, Sept. 23, 1896]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/41491
page(s): 88; pl. 60 figs 45-48 [1896] [details]
context source (Introduced species) Valdés, Á.; Alexander, J.; Crocetta, F.; Yokeş, M. B.; Giacobbe, S.; Poursanidis, D.; Zenetos, A.; Cervera, J. L.; Caballer, M.; Galil, B.; Schembri, P. (2013). The origin and dispersal pathway of the spotted sea hare Aplysia dactylomela (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia) in the Mediterranean Sea. <em>Aquatic Invasions.</em> 8(4): 427-436., available online at https://doi.org/10.3391/ai.2013.8.4.06 [details] Available for editors
[request]
context source (HKRMS) Tsi, C. Y. & Ma, S. T. (1982). A preliminary checklist of the marine gastropoda and Bivalvia (Mollusca) of Hong Kong and southern China. In: Proceedings of the first international marine biological workshop: The marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern China (ed. Morton, B.), vol. 1, pp431-458. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. [details]
context source (Bermuda) Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp. , 547 pp [details]
context source (PeRMS) Ramírez, R.; Paredes, C.; Arenas, J. (2003). Moluscos del Perú. <em>Revista de Biologia Tropical.</em> 51(supplement 3): 225-284. [details] Available for editors
[request]
additional source Gosliner, T. (1987). Nudibranchs of Southern Africa: A Guide to Opisthobranch Molluscs of Southern Africa. Sea Challengers, Monterey, California.
page(s): 47; note: material = Aplysia argus [details]
additional source Alexander J. & Valdés (2013) The ring doesn't mean a thing: Molecular data suggest a new taxonomy for two Pacific species of sea hares (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia, Aplysiidae). <i>Pacific Science</i> 67(2):283-294. , available online at https://doi.org/10.2984/67.2.10 [details]
redescription Martínez E. & Ortea J. (1990). Moluscos opistobranquios de Cabo Verde: Anaspidea (Aplysiomorpha). <em>Publicações Ocasionais da Sociedade Portuguesa de Malacologia.</em> 15: 17-42. [details]
redescription Thompson, T. E. (1977). Jamaican opisthobranch molluscs I. <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> 43: 93-140. [details] Available for editors
[request]
original description (of Aplysia protea Rang, 1828) Rang, S. (1828). <i>Histoire naturelle des Aplysiens</i>. Paris: Firmin Didot. 83 pp. 24 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14983674
page(s): 56-57, pl. 10 fig. 1-3 [details]
original description (of Aplysia ocellata A. d'Orbigny, 1839) Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1836-1842). <i>Mollusques, Echinodermes, Foraminifères et Polypiers recueillis aux Iles Canaries par MM. Webb et Berthelot</i>. In: Barker-Webb, P. & Berthelot, S. (eds) <i>Histoire naturelle des Iles Canaries</i>, volume 2(2): 117 pp., pls 1-7, 7B. pp. 1-24 [Aug. 1839], 25-48 [Sept. 1839], 49-72 [Oct-1839], 73-104 [Jan. 1840], 105-136 [Mar. 1840], 137-143 [Apr. 1840], 145-152 [Aug. 1842]; pl. 1 [Jul. 1836], 2 [Dec. 1836], 3 [May 1842], 4-5 [June 1840], 7 [May 1842], 6, 7B [Aug. 1842]. Paris: Béthune. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41308382
page(s): 44; pl. 5 fig. 1-4 [details]
original description (of Aplysia schrammii Deshayes, 1857) Deshayes, G. P. (1857). Note sur différents Mollusques de la Guadeloupe, envoyés par M. Schramm. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 6: 137-143., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15862662
page(s): 140 [details]
original description (of Aplysia aequorea Heilprin, 1888) Heilprin, A. (1888). Contributions to the Natural History of the Bermuda Islands. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 40: 302-328., available online at http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4061282.pdf
page(s): 325, pl. 16 figs 2–2b [details]
original description (of Aplysia megaptera A. E. Verrill, 1900) Verrill, A. E. (1900). The nudibranchs and naked tectibranchs of the Bermudas. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts & Sciences.</em> 10: 545-550, pl. 66., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27731318
page(s): 545 [details]
original description (of Aplysia odorata var. bourailli Risbec, 1951) Risbec, J. (1951). Note sur les Tectibranches de Nouvelle-Calédonie. <em>Journal de la Société des Océanistes.</em> 7: 123-158.
page(s): 135 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Aplysia bourailli Risbec, 1951) Risbec, J. (1951). Note sur les Tectibranches de Nouvelle-Calédonie. <em>Journal de la Société des Océanistes.</em> 7: 123-158. [details] Available for editors
![PDF available PDF available](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia/images/pdf_lock.png)
original description (of Tethys panamensis Pilsbry, 1895) Pilsbry, H. A. (1895-1896). <i>Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species</i>. Ser. 1. Vol. 16: Philinidae, Gastropteridae, Aglajidae, Aplysiidae, Oxynoeidae, Runcinidae, Umbraculidae, Pleurobranchidae. pp vii, 1-262, pls 1-74. Philadelphia, published by the Conchological Section, Academy of Natural Sciences. [pp. 1-48, pls. 1-16, Aug. 20, 1895; pp. 49-112, pls. 17-31, Nov. 26, 1895; pp. 113-160, pls. 32-43, Mar. 13, 1896; pp. 161-262, pls. 44-74, Sept. 23, 1896; pp. i-vii, Sept. 23, 1896]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/41491
page(s): 88; pl. 60 figs 45-48 [1896] [details]
context source (Introduced species) Valdés, Á.; Alexander, J.; Crocetta, F.; Yokeş, M. B.; Giacobbe, S.; Poursanidis, D.; Zenetos, A.; Cervera, J. L.; Caballer, M.; Galil, B.; Schembri, P. (2013). The origin and dispersal pathway of the spotted sea hare Aplysia dactylomela (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia) in the Mediterranean Sea. <em>Aquatic Invasions.</em> 8(4): 427-436., available online at https://doi.org/10.3391/ai.2013.8.4.06 [details] Available for editors
![PDF available PDF available](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia/images/pdf_lock.png)
context source (HKRMS) Tsi, C. Y. & Ma, S. T. (1982). A preliminary checklist of the marine gastropoda and Bivalvia (Mollusca) of Hong Kong and southern China. In: Proceedings of the first international marine biological workshop: The marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern China (ed. Morton, B.), vol. 1, pp431-458. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. [details]
context source (Bermuda) Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp. , 547 pp [details]
context source (PeRMS) Ramírez, R.; Paredes, C.; Arenas, J. (2003). Moluscos del Perú. <em>Revista de Biologia Tropical.</em> 51(supplement 3): 225-284. [details] Available for editors
![PDF available PDF available](https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia/images/pdf_lock.png)
additional source Gosliner, T. (1987). Nudibranchs of Southern Africa: A Guide to Opisthobranch Molluscs of Southern Africa. Sea Challengers, Monterey, California.
page(s): 47; note: material = Aplysia argus [details]
additional source Alexander J. & Valdés (2013) The ring doesn't mean a thing: Molecular data suggest a new taxonomy for two Pacific species of sea hares (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia, Aplysiidae). <i>Pacific Science</i> 67(2):283-294. , available online at https://doi.org/10.2984/67.2.10 [details]
redescription Martínez E. & Ortea J. (1990). Moluscos opistobranquios de Cabo Verde: Anaspidea (Aplysiomorpha). <em>Publicações Ocasionais da Sociedade Portuguesa de Malacologia.</em> 15: 17-42. [details]
redescription Thompson, T. E. (1977). Jamaican opisthobranch molluscs I. <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> 43: 93-140. [details] Available for editors
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Description A beautifully patterned sea hare, up to 40cm long, with body shades of green, brown, and cream. Surface with black rings of varying sizes connected by a network of black lines and punctuated by cream spots. Habitat: sheltered eulittoral and shallow sublittoral. [details]Type locality "...on the rocks of the harbor of Saint-Yago de la Praya, in the Cape Verd Islands, and <...> it is still found in the Canary Islands" [details]
From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species abundance in Maltese part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (Marine Region) : Rare [details]Introduced species impact in Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (Marine Region) : Other impact - undefined or uncertain [details]
Introduced species impact in Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (Marine Region) : Other impact - undefined or uncertain [details]
Introduced species impact in Maltese part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (Marine Region) : Other impact - undefined or uncertain [details]
Introduced species impact in Adriatic Sea (IHO Sea Area) : Other impact - undefined or uncertain [details]
Introduced species population trend in Maltese part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (Marine Region) : Stable [details]
Introduced species remark In Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (Marine Region) : Range expansion [details]
Introduced species vector dispersal in Maltese part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (Marine Region) : Unknown [details]
Introduced species vector dispersal in Adriatic Sea (IHO Sea Area) : Unclear
origin & vector transport unclear (Rudman, 2005) but may have been transported to Montenegro by local ocean currents (Marini et al. 2010) [details]
Introduced species vector dispersal in Italian part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (Marine Region) : Shipping [details]
Introduced species vector dispersal Croatian part of the Adriatic Sea (Marine Region) Pathway/vector Unknown [details]
Language | Name | |
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English | large-spotted sea hare | [details] |
German | Großfleckiger SeehaseGeringelter SeehaseFlügel-Seehase | [details] |
Japanese | ジャノメアメフラシ | [details] |
To ANSP Malacology Collection (syntype of Tethys panamensis. Pilsbry, 1895. Manual of Conchology (Ser. 1) 16 (61-62): 88-89, pl. 60, figs. 5 (animal), 6, 7, 8 (shell) - catalog no. 20693) (from synonym Tethys panamensis Pilsbry, 1895)
To Barcode of Life (33 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Aplysia megaptera A. E. Verrill, 1900)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (39 publications) (from synonym Aplysia protea Rang, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (64 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Aplysia dactylomela)
To GenBank (49 nucleotides; 67 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Malacopics (Aplysia dactylomela Rang, 1828 Spain, Canarias, Fuerteventura, Corralejo, live beac...
To Marine Heterobranchia (Salento Sommerso)
To OPK Opistobranquis
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Aplysia ocellata A. d'Orbigny, 1839)
To Sea Slug Forum (via archive.org)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (33 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Aplysia megaptera A. E. Verrill, 1900)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (39 publications) (from synonym Aplysia protea Rang, 1828)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (64 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Aplysia dactylomela)
To GenBank (49 nucleotides; 67 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Malacopics (Aplysia dactylomela Rang, 1828 Spain, Canarias, Fuerteventura, Corralejo, live beac...
To Marine Heterobranchia (Salento Sommerso)
To OPK Opistobranquis
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Aplysia ocellata A. d'Orbigny, 1839)
To Sea Slug Forum (via archive.org)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
From other sources