WoRMS taxon details
Aplysia brasiliana Rang, 1828
160029 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:160029)
accepted
Species
Aplysia guadaloupensis G. B. Sowerby I, 1869 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Aplysia livida A. d'Orbigny, 1836 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine
Rang, S. (1828). Histoire naturelle des Aplysiens. Paris: Firmin Didot. 83 pp. 24 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14983674 [details]
Distribution Range: 39°N to 35°S; 97°W to 0°W. Distribution: USA: New Jersey, Florida; Florida: East Florida; USA: Texas; Costa Rica,...
Distribution Range: 39°N to 35°S; 97°W to 0°W. Distribution: USA: New Jersey, Florida; Florida: East Florida; USA: Texas; Costa Rica, Colombia; ABC Islands: Aruba; Venezuela; Venezuela: Sucre; Bermuda, Brazil; Brazil: Santa Catarina; Eastern Atlantic: St. Helena [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Aplysia brasiliana Rang, 1828. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160029 on 2025-04-03
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Nomenclature
original description
Rang, S. (1828). Histoire naturelle des Aplysiens. Paris: Firmin Didot. 83 pp. 24 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14983674 [details]
original description (of Aplysia guadaloupensis G. B. Sowerby I, 1869) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1869). Monograph of the genus Aplysia. In: Conchologia iconica, or, Illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 17, pls 1-10 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [August 1869]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10975189
page(s): pl. 5, fig.19 [details]
original description (of Aplysia livida A. d'Orbigny, 1836) Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1834-1847). Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale (le Brésil, la république orientale de l'Uruguay, la République argentine, la Patagonie, la république du Chili, la république de Bolivia, la république du Pérou), exécuté pendant les années 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832 et 1833. Tome 5(3) Mollusques. pp. i-xliii, 1-758, 85 plates [pls 1-2, 1834; pp. 1-104, pls 3-7, 10, 12, 1835; pp. 105-184, pls 8-9, 11, 13-23, 25-28, 1836; pls 24, 29-43, 41bis, 45-46, 1837; pp. 185-376, pls 44, 47-52, 55, 1838; pls 54, 56-65, 1839; pl. 66, 1840; pp. 377-488, pls 53, 67-77, 80, 1841; pp. 489-758, 1846; pls 78-79, 82-85, 1847]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49211253
page(s): pl. 18 figs 3-5 [1836]; 206 [1838] [details]
original description (of Aplysia guadaloupensis G. B. Sowerby I, 1869) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1869). Monograph of the genus Aplysia. In: Conchologia iconica, or, Illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 17, pls 1-10 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [August 1869]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10975189
page(s): pl. 5, fig.19 [details]
original description (of Aplysia livida A. d'Orbigny, 1836) Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1834-1847). Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale (le Brésil, la république orientale de l'Uruguay, la République argentine, la Patagonie, la république du Chili, la république de Bolivia, la république du Pérou), exécuté pendant les années 1826, 1827, 1828, 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832 et 1833. Tome 5(3) Mollusques. pp. i-xliii, 1-758, 85 plates [pls 1-2, 1834; pp. 1-104, pls 3-7, 10, 12, 1835; pp. 105-184, pls 8-9, 11, 13-23, 25-28, 1836; pls 24, 29-43, 41bis, 45-46, 1837; pp. 185-376, pls 44, 47-52, 55, 1838; pls 54, 56-65, 1839; pl. 66, 1840; pp. 377-488, pls 53, 67-77, 80, 1841; pp. 489-758, 1846; pls 78-79, 82-85, 1847]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49211253
page(s): pl. 18 figs 3-5 [1836]; 206 [1838] [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Ortea J. & Moro L. (2018). Nuevas citas y nuevos datos sobre las lesmas do mar (Mollusca: Gastropoda) de las islas de Cabo Verde (II). Avicennia. 22: 49-58.
page(s): 53, fig. 6 [details]
page(s): 53, fig. 6 [details]
Other
additional source
Turgeon, D., Quinn, J. F., Bogan, A. E., Coan, E. V., Hochberg, F. G., Lyons, W. G., Mikkelsen, P. M., Neves, R. J., Roper, C. F. E., Rosenberg, G., Roth, B., Scheltema, A., Thompson, F. G., Vecchione, M., Williams, J. D. (1998). Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, 26. American Fisheries Society: Bethesda, MD (USA). ISBN 1-888569-01-8. IX, 526 + cd-rom pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 122; note: as synonym of A. fasciata [details]
additional source Medina M., Collins T. & Walsh P.J. (2005). Phylogeny of sea hares in the Aplysia clade based on mitochondrial DNA sequence data. Bulletin of Marine Science. 76(3): 691-698.
note: treated as a synonym of Aplysia fasciata Poiret, 1789 [details]
page(s): 122; note: as synonym of A. fasciata [details]
additional source Medina M., Collins T. & Walsh P.J. (2005). Phylogeny of sea hares in the Aplysia clade based on mitochondrial DNA sequence data. Bulletin of Marine Science. 76(3): 691-698.
note: treated as a synonym of Aplysia fasciata Poiret, 1789 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
- From editor or global species database
- Brazil
- North Atlantic Ocean
- Unreviewed
- Caribbean Sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- Venezuela
Unreviewed
Distribution Range: 39°N to 35°S; 97°W to 0°W. Distribution: USA: New Jersey, Florida; Florida: East Florida; USA: Texas; Costa Rica, Colombia; ABC Islands: Aruba; Venezuela; Venezuela: Sucre; Bermuda, Brazil; Brazil: Santa Catarina; Eastern Atlantic: St. Helena [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | sooty seaharemottled seahare | [details] |
