WoRMS taxon details
Pleurobranchus forskalii Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828
140819 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140819)
accepted
Species
Oscanius semperi Vayssière, 1896 · unaccepted
Pleurobranchus (Oscanius) semperi Vayssière, 1897 · unaccepted
Pleurobranchus forskali [sic] · unaccepted (spelling variation)
Pleurobranchus perrieri Vayssière, 1897 · unaccepted
Pleurobranchus semperi (Vayssière, 1896) · unaccepted
Susania ceylonica K. White, 1948 · unaccepted (dubious synonym)
Susania karachiensis K. White, 1946 · unaccepted (dubious synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Rüppell, E. & Leuckart, F. S. (1828-1830). Mollusca. In: Atlas zu der Reise im nordlichen Afrika von Eduard Rüppell. Neue wirbellose Thiere des Rothen Meeres. Frankfurt, H. L. Brönner. pp. 15-22, pls 4-6 [1828]; pp. 23-47, pls 7-12 [1830]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37140891
page(s): 18-20; pl. 5 fig. 2 [details]
page(s): 18-20; pl. 5 fig. 2 [details]
Note Massawa, Erythrea
From editor or global species database
Type locality Massawa, Erythrea [details]
Nomenclature ICZN Opinion 1767, 30 june 1994, specific name conserved
Nomenclature ICZN Opinion 1767, 30 june 1994, specific name conserved [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Pleurobranchus forskalii Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140819 on 2025-04-01
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Nomenclature
original description
Rüppell, E. & Leuckart, F. S. (1828-1830). Mollusca. In: Atlas zu der Reise im nordlichen Afrika von Eduard Rüppell. Neue wirbellose Thiere des Rothen Meeres. Frankfurt, H. L. Brönner. pp. 15-22, pls 4-6 [1828]; pp. 23-47, pls 7-12 [1830]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37140891
page(s): 18-20; pl. 5 fig. 2 [details]
original description (of Pleurobranchus (Oscanius) semperi Vayssière, 1897) Vayssière, A. (1897 ["1896"]). Description des coquilles de quelques espèces nouvelles ou peu connues de Pleurobranchidés. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 44(2): 113-137., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25124693
page(s): 134 [details]
original description (of Pleurobranchus perrieri Vayssière, 1897) Vayssière, A. (1897 ["1896"]). Description des coquilles de quelques espèces nouvelles ou peu connues de Pleurobranchidés. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 44(2): 113-137., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25124693
page(s): 126 [details]
original description (of Susania karachiensis K. White, 1946) White, K. M. (1946). On three new species of Pleurobranchidae from Karachi. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 27(1): 52–56., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.mollus.a064497 [details] Available for editors
[request]
original description (of Susania ceylonica K. White, 1948) White K.M. (1948). On a collection of marine molluscs from Ceylon. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 27(5): 199-205. [details]
original description (of Oscanius semperi Vayssière, 1896) Vayssière, A. (1897 ["1896"]). Description des coquilles de quelques espèces nouvelles ou peu connues de Pleurobranchidés. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 44(2): 113-137., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25124693 [details]
basis of record Goodheart J., Camacho-García Y., Padula V., Schrödl M., Cervera J.L., Gosliner T.M. & Valdés Á. (2015). Systematics and biogeography of <i>Pleurobranchus</i> Cuvier, 1804, sea slugs (Heterobranchia: Nudipleura: Pleurobranchidae). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 174: 322-362., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12237 [details]
page(s): 18-20; pl. 5 fig. 2 [details]
original description (of Pleurobranchus (Oscanius) semperi Vayssière, 1897) Vayssière, A. (1897 ["1896"]). Description des coquilles de quelques espèces nouvelles ou peu connues de Pleurobranchidés. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 44(2): 113-137., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25124693
page(s): 134 [details]
original description (of Pleurobranchus perrieri Vayssière, 1897) Vayssière, A. (1897 ["1896"]). Description des coquilles de quelques espèces nouvelles ou peu connues de Pleurobranchidés. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 44(2): 113-137., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25124693
page(s): 126 [details]
original description (of Susania karachiensis K. White, 1946) White, K. M. (1946). On three new species of Pleurobranchidae from Karachi. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 27(1): 52–56., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.mollus.a064497 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Susania ceylonica K. White, 1948) White K.M. (1948). On a collection of marine molluscs from Ceylon. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 27(5): 199-205. [details]
original description (of Oscanius semperi Vayssière, 1896) Vayssière, A. (1897 ["1896"]). Description des coquilles de quelques espèces nouvelles ou peu connues de Pleurobranchidés. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 44(2): 113-137., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25124693 [details]
basis of record Goodheart J., Camacho-García Y., Padula V., Schrödl M., Cervera J.L., Gosliner T.M. & Valdés Á. (2015). Systematics and biogeography of <i>Pleurobranchus</i> Cuvier, 1804, sea slugs (Heterobranchia: Nudipleura: Pleurobranchidae). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 174: 322-362., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12237 [details]
Taxonomy
status source
ICZN. (1993). Opinion 1767. <i>Pleurobranchus forskalii</i> Ruppell & Leuckart, [1828] and <i>P. testudinarius</i> Cantraine, 1835 (Mollusca, Gastropoda): specific names conserved. <em>Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 51(2): 164-165., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12251910 [details]
Other
context source (Introduced species)
Katsanevakis, S.; Bogucarskis, K.; Gatto, F.; Vandekerkhove, J.; Deriu, I.; Cardoso A.S. (2012). Building the European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN): a novel approach for the exploration of distributed alien species data. <em>BioInvasions Records.</em> 1: 235-245., available online at http://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu [details] Available for editors [request]
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): 78 [details]
additional source Zenetos, A., M.E. Cinar, M.A. Pancucci-Papadopoulou, J.G. Harmelin, G. Furnari, F. Andaloro, N. Bellou, N. Streftaris & H. Zibrowius. (2005). Annotated list of marine alien species in the Mediterranean with records of the worst invasive species. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 6 (2): 63-118., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273213810_Annotated_list_of_marine_alien_species_in_the_Mediterranean_with_records_of_the_worst_invasive_species [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Zenetos, A., S. Gofas, M. Verlaque, M. Cinar, J. Garcia Raso, C. Bianchi, C. Morri, E. Azzurro, M. Bilecenoglu, C. Froglia, I. Siokou, D. Violanti, A. Sfriso, G. San Martin, A. Giangrande, T. Katagan, E. Ballesteros, A. Ramos-Espla, F. Mastrototaro, O. Ocana, A. Zingone, M,. Gambi & N. Streftaris. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 11(2): 381-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.87 [details]
additional source Yonow, N. (2008). Sea slugs of the Red Sea. 304 pp. Sofia-Moscow: Pensoft. [details]
additional source Streftaris, N., A. Zenetos & E. Papathanassiou. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. <em>Oceanogry and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 43: 419-453. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Galil, B. (2007). Seeing Red: Alien species along the Mediterranean coast of Israel. <em>Aquatic Invasions.</em> 2(4): 281-312., available online at https://doi.org/10.3391/ai.2007.2.4.2 [details]
[request]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): 78 [details]
additional source Zenetos, A., M.E. Cinar, M.A. Pancucci-Papadopoulou, J.G. Harmelin, G. Furnari, F. Andaloro, N. Bellou, N. Streftaris & H. Zibrowius. (2005). Annotated list of marine alien species in the Mediterranean with records of the worst invasive species. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 6 (2): 63-118., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273213810_Annotated_list_of_marine_alien_species_in_the_Mediterranean_with_records_of_the_worst_invasive_species [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Zenetos, A., S. Gofas, M. Verlaque, M. Cinar, J. Garcia Raso, C. Bianchi, C. Morri, E. Azzurro, M. Bilecenoglu, C. Froglia, I. Siokou, D. Violanti, A. Sfriso, G. San Martin, A. Giangrande, T. Katagan, E. Ballesteros, A. Ramos-Espla, F. Mastrototaro, O. Ocana, A. Zingone, M,. Gambi & N. Streftaris. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 11(2): 381-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.87 [details]
additional source Yonow, N. (2008). Sea slugs of the Red Sea. 304 pp. Sofia-Moscow: Pensoft. [details]
additional source Streftaris, N., A. Zenetos & E. Papathanassiou. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. <em>Oceanogry and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 43: 419-453. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Galil, B. (2007). Seeing Red: Alien species along the Mediterranean coast of Israel. <em>Aquatic Invasions.</em> 2(4): 281-312., available online at https://doi.org/10.3391/ai.2007.2.4.2 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Nomenclature ICZN Opinion 1767, 30 june 1994, specific name conserved [details]Type locality Massawa, Erythrea [details]
From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species vector dispersal in Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (Marine Region) : Canals: natural range expansion through man-made canals [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Forskal's sidegilled slugForskal's side-gilled sea slugForskal's sidegill slug | [details] |
| German | Forskals FlankenkiemerForskals Flankenkiemenschnecke | [details] |
| Japanese | ゼニガタフシエラガイ [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (11 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Pleurobranchus (Oscanius) semperi Vayssière, 1897)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Pleurobranchus perrieri Vayssière, 1897)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Pleurobranchus forskali [sic])
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Pleurobranchus semperi (Vayssière, 1896))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pleurobranchus forskalii)
To GenBank (19 nucleotides; 18 proteins)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Pleurobranchus (Oscanius) semperi Vayssière, 1897)
To PESI (from synonym Pleurobranchus perrieri Vayssière, 1897)
To Sea Slug Forum (via archive.org)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Pleurobranchus semperi (Vayssière, 1896))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Pleurobranchus forskali [sic])
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Pleurobranchus (Oscanius) semperi Vayssière, 1897)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Pleurobranchus perrieri Vayssière, 1897)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Pleurobranchus forskali [sic])
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Pleurobranchus semperi (Vayssière, 1896))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Pleurobranchus forskalii)
To GenBank (19 nucleotides; 18 proteins)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Pleurobranchus (Oscanius) semperi Vayssière, 1897)
To PESI (from synonym Pleurobranchus perrieri Vayssière, 1897)
To Sea Slug Forum (via archive.org)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Pleurobranchus semperi (Vayssière, 1896))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Pleurobranchus forskali [sic])
