WoRMS taxon details
original description
(of Platydoris eurychlamys Bergh, 1877) Bergh, L. S. R. (1877). Malacologische Untersuchungen. In: Semper C, ed. Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen. theil 2, heft 12. Wiesbaden: Kreidel, 495–546, plates 58–6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14374091 [details]
original description
(of Platydoris noumeae Risbec, 1928) Risbec, J. (1928). Contribution à l'étude des nudibranches néo-calédoniens. <em>Faune des Colonies Françaises.</em> 2: 1-328 [incl. figs 1-98, pls 1-12, maps]. page(s): 80 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description
(of Platydoris iredalei J. K. Allan, 1932) Allan, J.K. (1932). Australian nudibranchs. <em>Australian Zoologist.</em> 7(2): 87-105, pls 4-5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38708706 [details]
original description
(of Doris scabra Cuvier, 1804) Cuvier, G. L. (1804). Mémoire sur le genre <em>Doris</em>. <em>Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.</em> 4: 447-473., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48539720 page(s): 466 [details]
basis of record
Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source
Gosliner, T.E. et al. (2023). <i>Southern African Sea Slugs</i>. Southern Underwater Research Group Press, 7 Blackwood Drive, Hout Bay 7806, Cape Town, South Africa. page(s): 186 [details]
From other sources
Description Up to 8 cm long. This frequently encountered species is very cryptic. The body is flat, mottled white and brown, with three to five darker, paired patches. The gill pocket is wavy, and the pocket, the rhinophore sheaths, rhinophore tips, and the mantle are all faintly edged with orange. Habitat: adhering to the underside of stones and rocks in the eulittoral and shallow sublittoral. Distribution: W Indian Ocean, Red Sea to W Pacific Ocean. [details]
Remark Placement in family follows . [details]
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Brown-blotched Pancake Dorid |
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