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Chromodoris Alder & Hancock, 1855

137782  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137782)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Heterobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Euthyneura (Infraclass)
  7. Ringipleura (Subterclass)
  8. Nudipleura (Superorder)
  9. Doridida (Order)
  10. Doridoidei (Infraorder)
  11. Chromodoridoidea (Superfamily)
  12. Chromodorididae (Family)
  13. Chromodoridinae (Subfamily)
  14. Chromodoris (Genus)
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  1. Species Chromodoris africana Eliot, 1904
  2. Species Chromodoris elisabethina Bergh, 1877
  3. Species Chromodoris hamiltoni Rudman, 1977
  4. Species Chromodoris inopinata Bergh, 1905
  5. Species Chromodoris magnifica (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
  6. Species Chromodoris pruna Gosliner, 1994
  7. Species Chromodoris quadricolor (Rüppell & Leuckart, 1830)
  8. Species Chromodoris splendens Eliot, 1904
  9. Species Chromodoris alius Rudman, 1987 accepted as Goniobranchus alius (Rudman, 1987) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  10. Species Chromodoris annulata Eliot, 1904 accepted as Goniobranchus annulatus (Eliot, 1904) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  11. Species Chromodoris cavae Eliot, 1904 accepted as Goniobranchus cavae (Eliot, 1904) (original combination)
  12. Species Chromodoris fidelis (Kelaart, 1858) accepted as Goniobranchus fidelis (Kelaart, 1858)
  13. Species Chromodoris geminus Rudman, 1987 accepted as Goniobranchus geminus (Rudman, 1987) (original combination)
  14. Species Chromodoris gleniei (Kelaart, 1858) accepted as Goniobranchus gleniei (Kelaart, 1858)
  15. Species Chromodoris heatherae Gosliner, 1994 accepted as Goniobranchus heatherae (Gosliner, 1994) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  16. Species Chromodoris lilacina (A. A. Gould, 1852) accepted as Tayuva lilacina (A. A. Gould, 1852) (unaccepted combination)
  17. Species Chromodoris luteorosea (Rapp, 1827) accepted as Felimida luteorosea (Rapp, 1827)
  18. Species Chromodoris marginata (Pease, 1860) accepted as Goniobranchus verrieri (Crosse, 1875)
  19. Species Chromodoris obsoleta (Rüppell & Leuckart, 1831) accepted as Goniobranchus obsoletus (Rüppell & Leuckart, 1830)
  20. Species Chromodoris pallida (Rüppell & Leuckart, 1830) accepted as Glossodoris pallida (Rüppell & Leuckart, 1830)
  21. Species Chromodoris pantherina Bergh, 1905 accepted as Glossodoris pantherina (Bergh, 1905)
  22. Species Chromodoris pulchella (Rüppell & Leuckart, 1830) accepted as Hypselodoris pulchella (Rüppell & Leuckart, 1830)
  23. Species Chromodoris purpurea (Risso, 1831) accepted as Felimida purpurea (Risso, 1831) accepted as Rudmania purpurea (Risso, 1831) (superseded combination)
  24. Species Chromodoris rolani Ortea, 1988 accepted as Felimida rolani (Ortea, 1988) (original combination)
  25. Species Chromodoris sykesi Eliot, 1904 accepted as Goniobranchus albopunctatus Garrett, 1879
  26. Species Chromodoris tennentana (Kelaart, 1859) accepted as Goniobranchus tennentanus (Kelaart, 1859)
  27. Species Chromodoris vicina Eliot, 1904 accepted as Goniobranchus tennentanus (Kelaart, 1859) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Alder J. & Hancock A. (1845-1855). <i>A monograph of the British nudibranchiate Mollusca: with figures of all the species</i>. London: Ray Society. Part 1 (1845): fam. 1, pls 4, 5, 26; fam. 3, pls 3, 21, 24, 26, 34-36. Part 2 (1846): fam. 1, pls 10, 13, 18, 23; fam. 3, pls 1, 2, 4, 6, 12, 15, 23, 30, 42. Part 3 (1847): fam. 1, pls 6, 8, 19, 25; fam. 2, pl. 3; fam. 3, pls 1a, 7, 19, 28, 31, 33. Part 4 (1848): fam. 1, pls 7, 14, 20, 21, 24; fam. 2, pl. 5; fam. 3, pls 11, 13, 14, 20, 25, 40. Part 5 (1851): fam. 1, pls 1, 2, 12, 15, 16, 22; fam. 2, pl. 4; fam. 3, pls 5, 16, 17, 27, 37, 39, 43. Part 6 (1854): fam. 1, pls 3, 9, 11, 17; fam. 3, pls 9, 10, 18, 22, 29, 32, 41, 44. Part 7 (1855): pp. 1-54, fam. 1, pls 21a, 27; fam. 2, pls 1, 2; fam. 3, pls. 38a, 45-48. Appendix, pp. i-xl. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41957697
page(s): Appendix: xiv, xvii [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Chromodoris Alder & Hancock, 1855. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137782 on 2026-04-06
Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Chromodoris Alder & Hancock, 1855. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137782 on 2026-04-06
Date
action
by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
Gofas, Serge
2006-04-04 09:07:56Z
changed
Vandepitte, Leen
2010-09-28 15:50:29Z
checked
Bouchet, Philippe
2011-01-18 15:20:57Z
changed
Caballer, Manuel
2019-08-23 15:30:39Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe
2019-08-25 12:38:01Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe

original description Alder J. & Hancock A. (1845-1855). <i>A monograph of the British nudibranchiate Mollusca: with figures of all the species</i>. London: Ray Society. Part 1 (1845): fam. 1, pls 4, 5, 26; fam. 3, pls 3, 21, 24, 26, 34-36. Part 2 (1846): fam. 1, pls 10, 13, 18, 23; fam. 3, pls 1, 2, 4, 6, 12, 15, 23, 30, 42. Part 3 (1847): fam. 1, pls 6, 8, 19, 25; fam. 2, pl. 3; fam. 3, pls 1a, 7, 19, 28, 31, 33. Part 4 (1848): fam. 1, pls 7, 14, 20, 21, 24; fam. 2, pl. 5; fam. 3, pls 11, 13, 14, 20, 25, 40. Part 5 (1851): fam. 1, pls 1, 2, 12, 15, 16, 22; fam. 2, pl. 4; fam. 3, pls 5, 16, 17, 27, 37, 39, 43. Part 6 (1854): fam. 1, pls 3, 9, 11, 17; fam. 3, pls 9, 10, 18, 22, 29, 32, 41, 44. Part 7 (1855): pp. 1-54, fam. 1, pls 21a, 27; fam. 2, pls 1, 2; fam. 3, pls. 38a, 45-48. Appendix, pp. i-xl. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41957697
page(s): Appendix: xiv, xvii [details] 

taxonomy source Rudman, W. B. (1984). The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: a review of the genera. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 81(2): 115-273., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1984.tb01174.x
page(s): 130 [details] 

basis of record Rudman, W. B. (1977). Chromodorid opisthobranch Mollusca from East Africa and the tropical West Pacific. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 61: 351-397., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1977.tb01033.x [details] Available for editors  PDF available

additional source Rudman, W. B.; Darvell, B. W. (1990). Opisthobranch molluscs of Hong Kong: Part 1. Goniodorididae, Onchidorididae, Triophidae, Gymnodorididae, Chromodorididae (Nudibranchia). <em>Asian Marine Biology.</em> 7: 31-79.
page(s): 55 [details] 

status source Johnson R.F. & Gosliner T.M. (2012) Traditional taxonomic groupings mask evolutionary history: A molecular phylogeny and new classification of the chromodorid nudibranchs. <i>PLoS ONE</i> 7(4): e33479., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0033479 [details] 
 
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