WoRMS taxon details
Glaucus Forster, 1777
138033 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138033)
accepted
Genus
Glaucus atlanticus Forster, 1777 (type by monotypy)
Dadone Gistel, 1848 · unaccepted (unnecessary substitute name for...)
unnecessary substitute name for Glaucus Forster, 1777
- Species Glaucus atlanticus Forster, 1777
- Species Glaucus forsteri Lamarck, 1819 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Glaucus bennettae Churchill, Á. Valdés & Ó Foighil, 2014 accepted as Glaucilla bennettae (Churchill, Á. Valdés & Ó Foighil, 2014)
- Species Glaucus distichoicus A. d'Orbigny, 1836 accepted as Glaucus atlanticus Forster, 1777
- Species Glaucus flagellum Blumenbach, 1803 accepted as Glaucus atlanticus Forster, 1777 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Glaucus hexapterigius Cuvier, 1805 accepted as Glaucus atlanticus Forster, 1777 (synonym)
- Species Glaucus lineatus Reinhardt & Bergh, 1861 accepted as Glaucus atlanticus Forster, 1777 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
- Species Glaucus lineatus Reinhardt & Bergh, 1864 accepted as Glaucus atlanticus Forster, 1777
- Species Glaucus longicirrhus Reinhardt & Bergh, 1861 accepted as Glaucus atlanticus Forster, 1777 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
- Species Glaucus longicirrhus Reinhardt & Bergh, 1864 accepted as Glaucus atlanticus Forster, 1777
- Species Glaucus marginatus (Reinhardt & Bergh, 1864) accepted as Glaucilla marginata Reinhardt & Bergh, 1864
- Species Glaucus mcfarlanei Churchill, Á. Valdés & Ó Foighil, 2014 accepted as Glaucilla mcfarlanei (Churchill, Á. Valdés & Ó Foighil, 2014)
- Species Glaucus radiatus (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Glaucus atlanticus Forster, 1777 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Glaucus thompsoni Churchill, Á. Valdés & Ó Foighil, 2014 accepted as Glaucilla thompsoni (Churchill, Á. Valdés & Ó Foighil, 2014)
marine
Forster G. 1777. A voyage round the world in His Britannic Majesty's Sloop, Resolution, commanded by Capt. James Cook, during the years 1772, 3, 4 and 5. London, B. White, J. Robson, P. Elmsly and and G. Robinson. Vol. 1, pp. i-xviii, 1-602; vol. 2, pp. 1-607. , available online at http://www.dlib.si/details/URN:NBN:SI:doc-IFSE4BLP [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Glaucus Forster, 1777. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138033 on 2025-12-13
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Nomenclature
original description
Forster G. 1777. A voyage round the world in His Britannic Majesty's Sloop, Resolution, commanded by Capt. James Cook, during the years 1772, 3, 4 and 5. London, B. White, J. Robson, P. Elmsly and and G. Robinson. Vol. 1, pp. i-xviii, 1-602; vol. 2, pp. 1-607. , available online at http://www.dlib.si/details/URN:NBN:SI:doc-IFSE4BLP [details]
original description (of Dadone Gistel, 1848) Gistel, Johannes [Nepomuk Franz Xaver]. (1848). Naturgeschichte des Tierreichs: für höhere Schulen. 1-216, i-xvi, pls. 1-32. Stuttgart. Scheitlin & Krais., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/175526
page(s): 171 [details]
basis of record Valdés A. & Campillo O.A. (2004) Systematics of pelagic aeolid nudibranchs of the family Glaucidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda). <i>Bulletin of Marine Science</i> 75(3): 381–389., available online at http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/umrsmas/bullmar/2004/00000075/00000003/art00003 [details]
original description (of Dadone Gistel, 1848) Gistel, Johannes [Nepomuk Franz Xaver]. (1848). Naturgeschichte des Tierreichs: für höhere Schulen. 1-216, i-xvi, pls. 1-32. Stuttgart. Scheitlin & Krais., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/175526
page(s): 171 [details]
basis of record Valdés A. & Campillo O.A. (2004) Systematics of pelagic aeolid nudibranchs of the family Glaucidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda). <i>Bulletin of Marine Science</i> 75(3): 381–389., available online at http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/umrsmas/bullmar/2004/00000075/00000003/art00003 [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Churchill, C. K. C.; Valdés, Á; Ó Foighil, D. (2014). Molecular and morphological systematics of neustonic nudibranchs (Mollusca : Gastropoda : Glaucidae : <i>Glaucus</i>), with descriptions of three new cryptic species. <i>Invertebrate Systematics</i>. 28(2): 174-195., available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/IS13038 [details] Available for editors 
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taxonomy source Martynov, A.; Mehrotra, R.; Chavanich, S.; Nakano, R.; Kashio, S.; Lundin, K.; Picton, B.; Korshunova, T. (2019). The extraordinary genus <em>Myja</em> is not a tergipedid, but related to the Facelinidae s. str. with the addition of two new species from Japan (Mollusca, Nudibranchia). <em>ZooKeys.</em> 818: 89-116., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.818.30477 [details]
[request]taxonomy source Martynov, A.; Mehrotra, R.; Chavanich, S.; Nakano, R.; Kashio, S.; Lundin, K.; Picton, B.; Korshunova, T. (2019). The extraordinary genus <em>Myja</em> is not a tergipedid, but related to the Facelinidae s. str. with the addition of two new species from Japan (Mollusca, Nudibranchia). <em>ZooKeys.</em> 818: 89-116., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.818.30477 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | アオミノウミウシ属 | [details] |
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