WoRMS taxon details
Dolabella auricularia ([Lightfoot], 1786)
208629 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:208629)
accepted
Species
Aplysia ecaudata Rang, 1828 · unaccepted
Aplysia gigas Rang, 1828 · unaccepted
Aplysia hasseltii A. Férussac, 1828 · unaccepted
Aplysia teremidi Rang, 1828 · unaccepted
Aplysia truncata Rang, 1828 · unaccepted
Dolabella andersoni J. K. Allan, 1941 · unaccepted
Dolabella callosa Lamarck, 1801 · unaccepted
Dolabella cheni W. K. C. Sun, 1960 · unaccepted
Dolabella ecaudata (Rang, 1828) · unaccepted
Dolabella gigas (Rang, 1828) · unaccepted
Dolabella hasseltii (A. Férussac, 1828) · unaccepted
Dolabella rumphii Cuvier, 1817 · unaccepted
Dolabella rumphii var. maculosa Bergh, 1905 · unaccepted
Dolabella scapula O'Donoghue, 1929 · unaccepted (non-binominal)
Dolabella variegata Pease, 1860 · unaccepted
Patella auricularia [Lightfoot], 1786 · unaccepted (original combination)
Patella scapula Martyn, 1786 · unaccepted (non-binominal)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Patella auricularia [Lightfoot], 1786) Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Dutchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. <em>[book].</em> London. viii + 194 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43259464
page(s): 154, 187. Cited figure in Rumphius. [details]
page(s): 154, 187. Cited figure in Rumphius. [details]
Description A large bulky sea hare, notable by its trancated, flattened and sloping posterior, up to 20 cm long. Body colour is...
Description A large bulky sea hare, notable by its trancated, flattened and sloping posterior, up to 20 cm long. Body colour is variable, in shades of green and brown, and the body is often covered in papillae, giving the animals a prickly or shaggy appearance. Habitat: shallow water and eulittoral, under and around large stones and boulders on sand. Distribution: Indo-Pacific (Richmond, 1997) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Dolabella auricularia ([Lightfoot], 1786). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208629 on 2024-11-21
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original description
(of Dolabella cheni W. K. C. Sun, 1960) Sun W.K.C. (1960) A small collection of Opisthobranchia from the Pescadores and Liu Chiu Lsland with description of a new species <i>Dolabella cheni</i>. <i>Biological Bulletin, Department of Biology College of Science, Tunghai University</i> 2(2): 95-106. , available online at http://thuir.thu.edu.tw/retrieve/16913/V.2+n.2%2895-106%29.pdf
page(s): 96-106 [details]
original description (of Aplysia ecaudata Rang, 1828) Rang, S. (1828). <i>Histoire naturelle des Aplysiens</i>. Paris: Firmin Didot. 83 pp. 24 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14983674 [details]
original description (of Aplysia truncata Rang, 1828) Rang, S. (1828). <i>Histoire naturelle des Aplysiens</i>. Paris: Firmin Didot. 83 pp. 24 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14983674
page(s): 47 [details]
original description (of Aplysia teremidi Rang, 1828) Rang, S. (1828). <i>Histoire naturelle des Aplysiens</i>. Paris: Firmin Didot. 83 pp. 24 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14983674
page(s): 48 [details]
original description (of Aplysia gigas Rang, 1828) Rang, S. (1828). <i>Histoire naturelle des Aplysiens</i>. Paris: Firmin Didot. 83 pp. 24 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14983674 [details]
original description (of Dolabella callosa Lamarck, 1801) Lamarck, J. B. (1801). Système des animaux sans vertèbres, ou tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux; Présentant leurs caractères essentiels et leur distribution, d'apres la considération de leurs rapports naturels et de leur organisation, et suivant l'arrangement établi dans les galeries du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, parmi leurs dépouilles conservées; Précédé du discours d'ouverture du Cours de Zoologie, donné dans le Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle l'an 8 de la République. Published by the author and Deterville, Paris: viii + 432 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14117719 [details]
original description (of Dolabella variegata Pease, 1860) Pease, W. H. (1860). Descriptions of new species of Mollusca from the Sandwich Islands. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 28: 18-36; 141-148., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12866516 [details]
original description (of Patella auricularia [Lightfoot], 1786) Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Dutchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. <em>[book].</em> London. viii + 194 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43259464
page(s): 154, 187. Cited figure in Rumphius. [details]
original description (of Aplysia hasseltii A. Férussac, 1828) Rang, S. (1828). <i>Histoire naturelle des Aplysiens</i>. Paris: Firmin Didot. 83 pp. 24 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14983674
page(s): 49 [details]
original description (of Dolabella rumphii var. maculosa Bergh, 1905) Bergh, L. S. R. (1905). Die Opisthobranchiata der Siboga-expedition. In: Weber M. (ed.) Uitkomsten op Zoologisch, Botanisch, Oceanographisch en Geologisch Gebied verzameld in Nederlandsch Oost-Indië 1899-1900 aan boord H.M. Siboga onder commando van Luitenant ter zee 1e. kl. G.F. Tydeman. Siboga-Expeditie Monographie 50 (Livraison 25): 1-248, pls 1-20. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11650714
page(s): 18, pl. 3 fig. 1, pl. 8 figs 8-9 [details]
basis of record Bebbington, A., 1977. Aplysiid species from eastern Australia with notes on the Pacific Ocean Aplysiomorpha (Gastropoda, Opistobranchia). Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. 34 1: 87-147. [details]
additional source Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 133 [details]
additional source Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
page(s): 180. [details]
additional source Gosliner, T. (1987). Nudibranchs of Southern Africa: A Guide to Opisthobranch Molluscs of Southern Africa. Sea Challengers, Monterey, California.
page(s): 48. [details]
additional source Nimbs M. J., Willan R. C. & Smith S. D. A. (2017). Is Port Stephens, eastern Australia, a global hotspot for biodiversity of Aplysiidae (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia)?. <em>Molluscan Research.</em> 37(1): 47-65., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/13235818.2016.1207280 [details]
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): 720 [details]
additional source Drivas, J. & Jay, M. (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection les beautés de la nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. pp. 1-160. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Branch, G. M. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. <em>David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg.</em> , available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=W_2QB8ftLgcC [details]
page(s): 96-106 [details]
original description (of Aplysia ecaudata Rang, 1828) Rang, S. (1828). <i>Histoire naturelle des Aplysiens</i>. Paris: Firmin Didot. 83 pp. 24 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14983674 [details]
original description (of Aplysia truncata Rang, 1828) Rang, S. (1828). <i>Histoire naturelle des Aplysiens</i>. Paris: Firmin Didot. 83 pp. 24 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14983674
page(s): 47 [details]
original description (of Aplysia teremidi Rang, 1828) Rang, S. (1828). <i>Histoire naturelle des Aplysiens</i>. Paris: Firmin Didot. 83 pp. 24 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14983674
page(s): 48 [details]
original description (of Aplysia gigas Rang, 1828) Rang, S. (1828). <i>Histoire naturelle des Aplysiens</i>. Paris: Firmin Didot. 83 pp. 24 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14983674 [details]
original description (of Dolabella callosa Lamarck, 1801) Lamarck, J. B. (1801). Système des animaux sans vertèbres, ou tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux; Présentant leurs caractères essentiels et leur distribution, d'apres la considération de leurs rapports naturels et de leur organisation, et suivant l'arrangement établi dans les galeries du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, parmi leurs dépouilles conservées; Précédé du discours d'ouverture du Cours de Zoologie, donné dans le Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle l'an 8 de la République. Published by the author and Deterville, Paris: viii + 432 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14117719 [details]
original description (of Dolabella variegata Pease, 1860) Pease, W. H. (1860). Descriptions of new species of Mollusca from the Sandwich Islands. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 28: 18-36; 141-148., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12866516 [details]
original description (of Patella auricularia [Lightfoot], 1786) Lightfoot, J. (1786). A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Dutchess Dowager of Portland, deceased; which will be sold by auction by Mr. Skinner & Co. <em>[book].</em> London. viii + 194 pp., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43259464
page(s): 154, 187. Cited figure in Rumphius. [details]
original description (of Aplysia hasseltii A. Férussac, 1828) Rang, S. (1828). <i>Histoire naturelle des Aplysiens</i>. Paris: Firmin Didot. 83 pp. 24 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14983674
page(s): 49 [details]
original description (of Dolabella rumphii var. maculosa Bergh, 1905) Bergh, L. S. R. (1905). Die Opisthobranchiata der Siboga-expedition. In: Weber M. (ed.) Uitkomsten op Zoologisch, Botanisch, Oceanographisch en Geologisch Gebied verzameld in Nederlandsch Oost-Indië 1899-1900 aan boord H.M. Siboga onder commando van Luitenant ter zee 1e. kl. G.F. Tydeman. Siboga-Expeditie Monographie 50 (Livraison 25): 1-248, pls 1-20. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11650714
page(s): 18, pl. 3 fig. 1, pl. 8 figs 8-9 [details]
basis of record Bebbington, A., 1977. Aplysiid species from eastern Australia with notes on the Pacific Ocean Aplysiomorpha (Gastropoda, Opistobranchia). Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. 34 1: 87-147. [details]
additional source Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
page(s): 133 [details]
additional source Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
page(s): 180. [details]
additional source Gosliner, T. (1987). Nudibranchs of Southern Africa: A Guide to Opisthobranch Molluscs of Southern Africa. Sea Challengers, Monterey, California.
page(s): 48. [details]
additional source Nimbs M. J., Willan R. C. & Smith S. D. A. (2017). Is Port Stephens, eastern Australia, a global hotspot for biodiversity of Aplysiidae (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia)?. <em>Molluscan Research.</em> 37(1): 47-65., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/13235818.2016.1207280 [details]
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): 720 [details]
additional source Drivas, J. & Jay, M. (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection les beautés de la nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. pp. 1-160. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Branch, G. M. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. <em>David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg.</em> , available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=W_2QB8ftLgcC [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description A large bulky sea hare, notable by its trancated, flattened and sloping posterior, up to 20 cm long. Body colour is variable, in shades of green and brown, and the body is often covered in papillae, giving the animals a prickly or shaggy appearance. Habitat: shallow water and eulittoral, under and around large stones and boulders on sand. Distribution: Indo-Pacific (Richmond, 1997) [details]Spelling spelled D. auricularis in Vine,1986 . [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | wedge sea hareshoulderblade sea catdonsolblunt-end seahareAnvil Sea Hare | [details] |
| German | Stumpfenden-Seehase | [details] |
| Japanese | タツナミガイ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (8 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Dolabella ecaudata (Rang, 1828))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Dolabella rumphii Cuvier, 1817)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Dolabella gigas (Rang, 1828))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (32 publications) (from synonym Dolabella scapula O'Donoghue, 1929)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Dolabella auricularia)
To GenBank (27 nucleotides; 21 proteins)
To GenBank (27 nucleotides; 21 proteins) (from synonym Patella auricularia [Lightfoot], 1786)
To Malacopics (Dolabella auricularia ([Lightfoot], 1786) Indo-Pacific, ex coll. Rotterdamsche Dier...
To Malacopics (Dolabella auricularia ([Lightfoot], 1786) Indonesia, Papua Barat, Pulau Waigeo)
To Malacopics (Dolabella auricularia ([Lightfoot], 1786) Japan, Wakayama, ex coll. J. Trausel .)
To Malacopics (Dolabella auricularia ([Lightfoot], 1786) Madagascar, Toliara, Ifaty Lagoon, Mangil...
To Malacopics (Dolabella auricularia ([Lightfoot], 1786) Mauritius)
To Sea Slug Forum (via archive.org)
To Sea Slug Forum (via archive.org) (from synonym Dolabella gigas (Rang, 1828))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Dolabella scapula O'Donoghue, 1929)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Dolabella ecaudata (Rang, 1828))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Dolabella rumphii Cuvier, 1817)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Dolabella gigas (Rang, 1828))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (32 publications) (from synonym Dolabella scapula O'Donoghue, 1929)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Dolabella auricularia)
To GenBank (27 nucleotides; 21 proteins)
To GenBank (27 nucleotides; 21 proteins) (from synonym Patella auricularia [Lightfoot], 1786)
To Malacopics (Dolabella auricularia ([Lightfoot], 1786) Indo-Pacific, ex coll. Rotterdamsche Dier...
To Malacopics (Dolabella auricularia ([Lightfoot], 1786) Indonesia, Papua Barat, Pulau Waigeo)
To Malacopics (Dolabella auricularia ([Lightfoot], 1786) Japan, Wakayama, ex coll. J. Trausel .)
To Malacopics (Dolabella auricularia ([Lightfoot], 1786) Madagascar, Toliara, Ifaty Lagoon, Mangil...
To Malacopics (Dolabella auricularia ([Lightfoot], 1786) Mauritius)
To Sea Slug Forum (via archive.org)
To Sea Slug Forum (via archive.org) (from synonym Dolabella gigas (Rang, 1828))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Dolabella scapula O'Donoghue, 1929)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
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