WoRMS name details
Bursatella leachi
217240 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217240)
unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Species
- Subspecies Bursatella leachi plei [sic] accepted as Bursatella leachii pleii (Rang, 1828) accepted as Bursatella leachii Blainville, 1817 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Bursatella leachii Blainville, 1817) Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1817). <i>Bursatella</i>, p. 138, <i>in</i>: Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles (F. Cuvier, ed.), vol. 5, supplément. Levrault, Strasbourg & Le Normant, Paris. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23001647
page(s): 138 [details]
page(s): 138 [details]
Description A broad, plump sea slug, up to 7cm, varying in colour from tan to brown or orange. Body is covered in simple and/or...
Description A broad, plump sea slug, up to 7cm, varying in colour from tan to brown or orange. Body is covered in simple and/or branched papillae. There can be black dots and markings, or blue or green spots ringed with pale orange. Swims by jet propulsion, somersaulting through the water. Habitat: lagoons, estuaries, tidal rock pools and shallow sublittoral. Distribution: pantropical. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Bursatella leachi. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217240 on 2024-11-21
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(of Bursatella leachii Blainville, 1817) Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1817). <i>Bursatella</i>, p. 138, <i>in</i>: Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles (F. Cuvier, ed.), vol. 5, supplément. Levrault, Strasbourg & Le Normant, Paris. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23001647
page(s): 138 [details]
basis of record Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp. (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]
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
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additional source Zenetos, A.; Çinar, M.E.; Pancucci-Papadopoulou, M.A.; Harmelin, J.-G.; Furnari, G.; Andaloro, F.; Bellou, N.; Streftaris, N.; Zibrowius, H. (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 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 Krakauer, J. M. (1971). The feeding habits of aplysiid opisthobranchs in Florida. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 85(2): 37-38., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8516137 [details]
page(s): 138 [details]
basis of record Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp. (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]
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 Zenetos, A.; Çinar, M.E.; Pancucci-Papadopoulou, M.A.; Harmelin, J.-G.; Furnari, G.; Andaloro, F.; Bellou, N.; Streftaris, N.; Zibrowius, H. (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 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 Krakauer, J. M. (1971). The feeding habits of aplysiid opisthobranchs in Florida. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 85(2): 37-38., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8516137 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description A broad, plump sea slug, up to 7cm, varying in colour from tan to brown or orange. Body is covered in simple and/or branched papillae. There can be black dots and markings, or blue or green spots ringed with pale orange. Swims by jet propulsion, somersaulting through the water. Habitat: lagoons, estuaries, tidal rock pools and shallow sublittoral. Distribution: pantropical. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | shaggy sea hare | [details] |
