African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS taxon details

Discodoris Bergh, 1877

AphiaID

137897 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137897)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon of

Discodorididae Bergh, 1891

Parent

Discodorididae Bergh, 1891

Original name

Discodoris Bergh, 1877

Direct children (8)

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Species Discodoris sauvagei (Rochebrune, 1882)
Species Discodoris concinna (Alder & Hancock, 1864) (uncertain > nomen dubium)
Species Discodoris concinniformis Bergh, 1888 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
Species Discodoris coerulescens Bergh, 1888 accepted as Tayuva coerulescens (Bergh, 1888) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Discodoris confusa Ballesteros, Llera & Ortea, 1985 accepted as Tayuva confusa (Ballesteros, Llera & Ortea, 1985) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Discodoris fragilis (Alder & Hancock, 1864) accepted as Sebadoris fragilis (Alder & Hancock, 1864) (recombination)
Species Discodoris maculosa Bergh, 1884 accepted as Tayuva maculosa (Bergh, 1884) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Discodoris tema Edmunds, 1968 accepted as Geitodoris tema (Edmunds, 1968) (original combination)

Environment

marine

Original description

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 58–61., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14374091
page(s): 518 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Discodoris Bergh, 1877. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2021) African Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137897 on 2026-03-12

Regional species database citation

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. Discodoris Bergh, 1877. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137897 on 2026-03-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2015-11-09 21:36:40Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

2023-08-19 03:29:39Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

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original description 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 58–61., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14374091
page(s): 518 [details]

basis of record Valdés Á. (2002). A phylogenetic analysis and systematic revision of the cryptobranch dorids (Mollusca, Nudibranchia, Anthobranchia). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 136: 535-636., available online at https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1096-3642.2002.00039.x [details] Available for editors

additional source Dayrat B. (2010). A monographic revision of basal discodorid sea slugs (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia, Nudibranchia, Doridina). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. Series 4, vol. 61, suppl. I, 1-403, 382 figs. [details] Available for editors

additional source Bergh, L. S. R., 1877. Kritische Untersuchung der Ehrenberg'schen Doriden. Deutsche Malakozoologische Gesellschaft Jahrbücher. 4:45-76., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16296901
page(s): 61 [details]

Present

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Introduced: alien

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