Hong Kong Register of Marine Species - Pelagella felis (Baba, 1949)

HKRMS taxon details

Pelagella felis (Baba, 1949)

AphiaID

1723491 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1723491)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Pelagella J. E. Gray, 1850

Original name

Goniodoris felis Baba, 1949

Synonymised names

Goniodoris felis Baba, 1949 · unaccepted > superseded combination

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Goniodoris felis Baba, 1949) Baba, K. (1949). Opisthobranchia of Sagami Bay collected by His Majesty the Emperor of Japan. Iwanami Shoten, Tokyo, 194pp., 50 pls. [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pelagella felis (Baba, 1949). Accessed through: Astudillo, J. C.; Williams, G. A.; Leung, K. M. Y.; Cannicci, S.; Yasuhara, M.; Yau, C.; Qiu, J-W.; Ang, P. O.; To, A. W. L.; Shea, S. K. H. (Eds.) (2025) Hong Kong Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/hkrms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1723491 on 2026-04-21

Regional species database citation

Astudillo, J. C.; Williams, G. A.; Leung, K. M. Y.; Cannicci, S.; Yasuhara, M.; Yau, C.; Qiu, J-W.; Ang, P. O.; To, A. W. L.; Shea, S. K. H. (Eds.) (2026). Hong Kong Register of Marine Species. Pelagella felis (Baba, 1949). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/hkrms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1723491 on 2026-04-21

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2023-12-16 13:41:25Z

created

Picton, Bernard

2024-07-17 08:49:59Z

changed

Herbert, David

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original description (of Goniodoris felis Baba, 1949) Baba, K. (1949). Opisthobranchia of Sagami Bay collected by His Majesty the Emperor of Japan. Iwanami Shoten, Tokyo, 194pp., 50 pls. [details]

basis of record 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): 404 [details]

Definitions

Account of Goniodoris felis at Sea Slug Forum