WoRMS taxon details

Platydoris scabra (Cuvier, 1804)

221067  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:221067)

accepted
Species
marine
(of Doris scabra Cuvier, 1804) Cuvier, G. L. (1804). Mémoire sur le genre <em>Doris</em>. <em>Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.</em> 4: 447-473., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48539720
page(s): 466 [details] 
Type locality contained in Timor Island  
type locality contained in Timor Island [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Description Up to 8 cm long. This frequently encountered species is very cryptic. The body is flat, mottled white and brown, with three...  
Description Up to 8 cm long. This frequently encountered species is very cryptic. The body is flat, mottled white and brown, with three to five darker, paired patches. The gill pocket is wavy, and the pocket, the rhinophore sheaths, rhinophore tips, and the mantle are all faintly edged with orange. Habitat: adhering to the underside of stones and rocks in the eulittoral and shallow sublittoral. Distribution: W Indian Ocean, Red Sea to W Pacific Ocean. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Platydoris scabra (Cuvier, 1804). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=221067 on 2024-11-21
Date
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1998-09-02 09:02:48Z
created
1998-09-03 12:31:29Z
changed
2006-03-21 14:26:07Z
changed
2012-06-05 23:54:58Z
changed
2022-08-07 19:52:18Z
changed

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original description (of Platydoris eurychlamys Bergh, 1877) Bergh, L. S. R. (1877). Malacologische Untersuchungen. In: Semper C, ed. Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen. theil 2, heft 12. Wiesbaden: Kreidel, 495–546, plates 58–6., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14374091 [details] 

original description (of Platydoris noumeae Risbec, 1928) Risbec, J. (1928). Contribution à l'étude des nudibranches néo-calédoniens. <em>Faune des Colonies Françaises.</em> 2: 1-328 [incl. figs 1-98, pls 1-12, maps].
page(s): 80 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Platydoris iredalei J. K. Allan, 1932) Allan, J.K. (1932). Australian nudibranchs. <em>Australian Zoologist.</em> 7(2): 87-105, pls 4-5., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38708706 [details] 

original description (of Doris scabra Cuvier, 1804) Cuvier, G. L. (1804). Mémoire sur le genre <em>Doris</em>. <em>Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris.</em> 4: 447-473., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48539720
page(s): 466 [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 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): 186 [details] 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Description Up to 8 cm long. This frequently encountered species is very cryptic. The body is flat, mottled white and brown, with three to five darker, paired patches. The gill pocket is wavy, and the pocket, the rhinophore sheaths, rhinophore tips, and the mantle are all faintly edged with orange. Habitat: adhering to the underside of stones and rocks in the eulittoral and shallow sublittoral. Distribution: W Indian Ocean, Red Sea to W Pacific Ocean. [details]

Remark Placement in family follows . [details]
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