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WoRMS taxon detailsChromodoris africana Eliot, 1904
209584 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:209584)
accepted
Species
Chromodoris elisabethina var. africana Eliot, 1904 · unaccepted (original rank)
marine,
recent only
(of Chromodoris elisabethina var. africana Eliot, 1904) Eliot, C.N.E. (1904). On some nudibranchs from East Africa and Zanzibar, part IV. Dorididae Cryptobranchiatae, II. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1904(1): 380-406, pls 23-24., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31887471
page(s): 392, pl. 24 fig. 4 [details] 
Type locality contained in Zanzibar
type locality contained in Zanzibar [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Chromodoris africana Eliot, 1904. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=209584 on 2024-09-15
Date action by
original description
(of Chromodoris elisabethina var. africana Eliot, 1904) Eliot, C.N.E. (1904). On some nudibranchs from East Africa and Zanzibar, part IV. Dorididae Cryptobranchiatae, II. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1904(1): 380-406, pls 23-24., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31887471
page(s): 392, pl. 24 fig. 4 [details] basis of record Tibiriçá Y., Pola M., Ortigosa D. & Cervera J.L. (2020). Systematic review of the “<i>Chromodoris quadricolor</i> group” of East Africa, with descriptions of two new species of the genus <i>Chromodoris</i> Alder & Hancock, 1855 (Heterobranchia, Nudibranchia). <em>Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research.</em> 58(1): 230-261., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/jzs.12334 [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. [details] Available for editors  [request] additional source Rudman, W. B. (1982). The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: Chromodoris quadricolor, C. lineolata and Hypselodoris nigrolineata colour groups. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 76: 183-241. page(s): 219 [details] additional source Gosliner, T. M.; Behrens, D. W.; Valdés, Á. (2008). Indo-Pacific Nudibranchs and seaslugs. A field guide to the world's most diverse fauna. <em>Sea Challengers Natural History Books, Washington.</em> 426, pp. page(s): 203 [details] additional source Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R.H. (2007) <i>Nudibranchs of the world</i>. ConchBooks, Frankfurt, 360 pp. ISBN: 978-3-939767-06-0 page(s): 167 [details] additional 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] additional source Gosliner, T. (1987). Nudibranchs of Southern Africa: A Guide to Opisthobranch Molluscs of Southern Africa. Sea Challengers, Monterey, California. page(s): 74. [details] additional source Gosliner, T. 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): 256 [details]  Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Chromodoris africana) To GenBank (15 nucleotides; 8 proteins) To NMNH Extant Collection (Chromodoris cf. africana) To Sea Slug Forum (via archive.org) Note: As described in Rudman (1982: 221, figure 21) To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection |
