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Hexabranchus Ehrenberg, 1828

206859  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206859)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Heterobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Euthyneura (Infraclass)
  7. Ringipleura (Subterclass)
  8. Nudipleura (Superorder)
  9. Nudibranchia (Order)
  10. Doridina (Suborder)
  11. Doridoidei (Infraorder)
  12. Chromodoridoidea (Superfamily)
  13. Hexabranchidae (Family)
  14. Hexabranchus (Genus)
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Genus
Caribranchus Ortea, Caballer & Moro, 2003 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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  1. Species Hexabranchus aureomarginatus Ostergaard, 1955
  2. Species Hexabranchus giganteus Tibiriçá, Pola & Cervera, 2023
  3. Species Hexabranchus lacer (Cuvier, 1804)
  4. Species Hexabranchus morsomus Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1962
  5. Species Hexabranchus sandwichensis J. E. Gray, 1850
  6. Species Hexabranchus sanguineus (Rüppell & Leuckart, 1830)
  7. Species Hexabranchus adamsii J. E. Gray, 1850 accepted as Hexabranchus lacer (Cuvier, 1804) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  8. Species Hexabranchus anaiteus Bergh, 1878 accepted as Hexabranchus lacer (Cuvier, 1804)
  9. Species Hexabranchus cardinalis (A. Gould, 1852) accepted as Hexabranchus sandwichensis J. E. Gray, 1850 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  10. Species Hexabranchus faustus Bergh, 1878 accepted as Hexabranchus lacer (Cuvier, 1804)
  11. Species Hexabranchus gloriosus (Kelaart, 1858) accepted as Hexabranchus lacer (Cuvier, 1804) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  12. Species Hexabranchus laciniatus [sic] accepted as Hexabranchus lacer (Cuvier, 1804) (incorrect subsequent spelling of species epithet)
  13. Species Hexabranchus marginatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) accepted as Hexabranchus lacer (Cuvier, 1804)
  14. Species Hexabranchus nebulosus Pease, 1860 accepted as Dendrodoris nigra (W. Stimpson, 1855)
  15. Species Hexabranchus orbicularis Abraham, 1877 accepted as Hexabranchus lacer (Cuvier, 1804)
  16. Species Hexabranchus petersi Bergh, 1878 accepted as Hexabranchus sanguineus (Rüppell & Leuckart, 1830) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  17. Species Hexabranchus plicatus Hägg, 1901 accepted as Hexabranchus sanguineus (Rüppell & Leuckart, 1830)
  18. Species Hexabranchus praetextus Ehrenberg, 1828 accepted as Hexabranchus sanguineus (Rüppell & Leuckart, 1830) (Declared nomen oblitum under Art. 23.9)
  19. Species Hexabranchus pulchellus Pease, 1860 accepted as Hexabranchus sandwichensis J. E. Gray, 1850
  20. Species Hexabranchus punctatus Bergh, 1905 accepted as Hexabranchus lacer (Cuvier, 1804) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  21. Species Hexabranchus sanguinolentus A. Adams, 1848 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  22. Species Hexabranchus suezensis Abraham, 1876 accepted as Hexabranchus sanguineus (Rüppell & Leuckart, 1830)
  23. Species Hexabranchus sumptuosa (A. Gould, 1852) accepted as Hexabranchus lacer (Cuvier, 1804) (junior subjective synonym)
  24. Species Hexabranchus superba (A. Gould, 1852) accepted as Hexabranchus lacer (Cuvier, 1804) (junior subjective synonym)
  25. Species Hexabranchus tinkeri Ostergaard, 1955 accepted as Hexabranchus sandwichensis J. E. Gray, 1850
  26. Species Hexabranchus aneiteumensis Abraham, 1877 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  27. Species Hexabranchus digitatus Eliot, 1906 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  28. Species Hexabranchus imperialis (Kent, 1897) (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  29. Species Hexabranchus mauritiensis Abraham, 1877 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  30. Species Hexabranchus notatus Bergh, 1878 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  31. Species Hexabranchus pellucidulus Abraham, 1876 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
marine
Ehrenberg, C. G. (1828-1831). Animalia evertebrata exclusis Insectis. Series prima. In: F. G. Hemprich & C. G. Ehrenberg, <i>Symbolae physicae, seu icones et descriptiones Mammalium, Avium, Insectorum et animalia evertebra, quae ex itinere per Africam borealem et Asiam occidentalem studio nova aut illustrata redierunt</i>. 126 pp. (1831), 10 pls (1828)., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48517135
page(s): Mollusca I, fig. 1; note: Name on legend of plate. Description by Ehrenberg, 1831, Ibid., Animalia Mollusca: folio h [page 2]. [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Hexabranchus Ehrenberg, 1828. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206859 on 2025-02-10
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2004-06-06 22:00:00Z
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Vanden Berghe, Edward
2010-10-24 16:13:02Z
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Bouchet, Philippe
2010-12-02 19:30:49Z
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Bouchet, Philippe
2018-04-07 15:04:52Z
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Bouchet, Philippe

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original description Ehrenberg, C. G. (1828-1831). Animalia evertebrata exclusis Insectis. Series prima. In: F. G. Hemprich & C. G. Ehrenberg, <i>Symbolae physicae, seu icones et descriptiones Mammalium, Avium, Insectorum et animalia evertebra, quae ex itinere per Africam borealem et Asiam occidentalem studio nova aut illustrata redierunt</i>. 126 pp. (1831), 10 pls (1828)., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48517135
page(s): Mollusca I, fig. 1; note: Name on legend of plate. Description by Ehrenberg, 1831, Ibid., Animalia Mollusca: folio h [page 2]. [details] 

original description (of Albania Collingwood, 1881) Collingwood, C. (1881). On some new species of nudibranchiate Mollusca from the eastern seas. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology, series 2.</em> 2(2):123-140, pls. 9-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8599953
page(s): 132 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Heptabranchus A. Adams, 1848) Adams, A. (1847). Notes from a journal of research into the natural history of the countries visited during the Voyage of H.M.S. Samarang, under the command of Captain Sir E. Belcher, C.B. <em>In: E. Belcher. Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Samarang, During the Years 1843-46; Empployed Surveying the Islands of the Eastern Archipelago; Accompanied by a Brief Vocabulary of the Principal Languages. Volume II. Reeve, Benham, and Reeve: London.</em> pp. 223-532., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/21979991
page(s): 494. [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Doris (Rhacodoris) Mörch, 1863) Mörch, O. A. L. (1863). Contributions la faune malacologique des Antilles danoises. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 11(1): 21-43., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15338052
page(s): 34 [details] 

original description (of Aethedoris Abraham, 1877) Abraham, P. S. (1877). Revision of the anthobranchiate nudibranchiate Mollusca with descriptions or notices of forty-one hitherto undescribed species. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1877: 196-269, pl. 28-30 [August]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28510784
page(s): 237 [details] 

original description (of Caribranchus Ortea, Caballer & Moro, 2003) Ortea, J., Caballer, M. & Moro, L. (2003). Descripción de los individuos jovenes de <i>Hexabranchus mormosus</i> Marcus & Marcus, 1962 (Mollusca, Nudibranchia) con algunas consideraciones sobre la sistemática de la familia Hexabranchiadae. <em>Revista de la Academia Canaria de Ciencias.</em> 14(3-4): 193-200., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42344373
page(s): 197 [details] 

taxonomy source Tibiriçá, Y.; Pola, M.; Pittman, C.; Gosliner, T. M.; Malaquias, M. A.; Cervera, J. L. (2023). A Spanish dancer? No! A troupe of dancers: a review of the family Hexabranchidae Bergh, 1891 (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia, Nudibranchia). <em>Organisms Diversity & Evolution.</em> 23: 697-742., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s13127-023-00611-0 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record Valdés Á. (2002). A phylogenetic analysis and systematic revision of the cryptobranch dorids (Mollusca, Nudibranchia, Anthobranchia). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 136: 535-636.
page(s): 560-565 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Abraham, P. S. (1876). Notes on some genera of nudibranchiate Mollusca, with notices of a new genus and some hitherto undescribed species, in the collection of the British Museum. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4) 18: 132-146., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15925135/#page/146/mode/1up
page(s): 134-135 [details] 

additional source Valdés Á. (2002). How many species of <i>Hexabranchus</i> (Opisthobranchia: Dorididae) are there ?. <em>Molluscan Research.</em> 22(3): 289-301., available online at http://www.publish.csiro.au/?act=view_file&file_id=MR02012.pdf [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
 
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Spanish Dancer Hexabranchus sanguineus DMS
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Spanish Dancer Hexabranchus sanguineus1 DMS
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