World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)

WRiMS taxon details

Aeolidiidae J. E. Gray, 1827

AphiaID

192 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:192)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Aeolidioidea J. E. Gray, 1827

Original name

Aeolidiidae J. E. Gray, 1827

Direct children (6)

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Genus Aeolidiella Bergh, 1867
Genus Anteaeolidiella M. C. Miller, 2001
Genus Baeolidia Bergh, 1888
Genus Berghia Trinchese, 1877
Genus Bulbaeolidia Carmona, Pola, Gosliner & Cervera, 2013
Genus Spurilla Bergh, 1864

Environment

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

Original description

Gray, J. E. (1825-1827). [Names on plate legends]: pl. [2] [1 June 1825]; pl. 4[6] [August 1827]; pls [3], [5] [1 December 1827]. In: Encyclopaedia Metropolitana. London.
page(s): Plates to zoology: plate Mollusca [= plate 3]; note: original spelling Eolidae, based on Eolis [Cuvier, 1805], an incorrect subsequent spelling (Opinion 779) of Aeolidia. [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Aeolidiidae J. E. Gray, 1827. Accessed through: Costello, M. J.; Ahyong, S.; Bieler, R.; Boudouresque, C.; Desiderato, A.; Downey, R.; Galil, B. S.; Gollasch, S.; Hutchings, P.; Kamburska, L.; Katsanevakis, S.; Kupriyanova, E.; Lejeusne, C.; Ma, K. C. K.; Marchini, A.; Occhipinti, A.; Pagad, S.; Pino, L.; Poore, G. C. B.; Rewicz, T.; Rius, M.; Robinson, T. B.; Sobczyk, R.; Stepien, A.; Turon, X.; Valls Domedel, G.; Verleye, T.; Vieira, L. M.; Willan, R. C.; Zhan, A. (2025) World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/introduced%20/aphia.php/api-docs/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=192 on 2025-11-16

Thematic species database citation

Costello, M. J.; Ahyong, S.; Bieler, R.; Boudouresque, C.; Desiderato, A.; Downey, R.; Galil, B. S.; Gollasch, S.; Hutchings, P.; Kamburska, L.; Katsanevakis, S.; Kupriyanova, E.; Lejeusne, C.; Ma, K. C. K.; Marchini, A.; Occhipinti, A.; Pagad, S.; Pino, L.; Poore, G. C. B.; Rewicz, T.; Rius, M.; Robinson, T. B.; Sobczyk, R.; Stępień, A.; Turon, X.; Valls Domedel, G.; Verleye, T.; Vieira, L. M.; Willan, R. C.; Zhan, A. (2025). World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS). Aeolidiidae J. E. Gray, 1827. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/introduced/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=192 on 2025-11-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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2010-10-16 22:02:15Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2025-08-01 19:57:12Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2025-08-08 01:25:54Z

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Auffenberg, Kurt

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original description Gray, J. E. (1825-1827). [Names on plate legends]: pl. [2] [1 June 1825]; pl. 4[6] [August 1827]; pls [3], [5] [1 December 1827]. In: Encyclopaedia Metropolitana. London.
page(s): Plates to zoology: plate Mollusca [= plate 3]; note: original spelling Eolidae, based on Eolis [Cuvier, 1805], an incorrect subsequent spelling (Opinion 779) of Aeolidia. [details]

basis of record Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia. 47 (1-2): 1-397. [20 July]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25127200 [details] Available for editors

additional source Carmona, L.; Pola, M.; Gosliner, T. M.; Cervera, J. L. (2013). A tale that morphology fails to tell: A molecular phylogeny of Aeolidiidae (Aeolidida, Nudibranchia, Gastropoda). PLoS ONE. 8 (5): e63000., available online at https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0063000 [details]

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Introduced: alien

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