WoRMS taxon details
Sebadoris fragilis (Alder & Hancock, 1864)
548868 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:548868)
accepted
Species
Alloiodoris hedleyi O'Donoghue, 1924 · unaccepted
Discodoris fragilis (Alder & Hancock, 1864) · unaccepted (recombination)
Discodoris morphaea Bergh, 1877 · unaccepted
Discodoris notiperda Risbec, 1956 · unaccepted
Discodoris vanikoro Pruvot-Fol, 1934 · unaccepted
Doris (Dendrodoris) granulata Ehrenberg, 1831 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Doris fragilis Alder & Hancock, 1864 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Doris granulata Ehrenberg, 1831 · unaccepted (Declared nomen oblitum under Art....)
Declared nomen oblitum under Art. 23.9 by Dayrat (2010)
Doris sordida Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 · unaccepted (Invalid: junior homonym of Doris...)
Invalid: junior homonym of Doris sordida Rüppell & Leuckart, 1831; Doris sordidata is a replacement name
Doris sordida Rüppell & Leuckart, 1830 · unaccepted
Doris sordidata Abraham, 1877 · unaccepted (invalid; not Rüppell & Leuckart, 1830)
Doris stragulata Abraham, 1877 · unaccepted
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Doris fragilis Alder & Hancock, 1864) Alder, J.; Hancock, A. (1864). Notice of a collection of nudibranchiate Mollusca made in India by Walter Elliot Esq. with descriptions of several new genera and species. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. 5: 113-147., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28909400
page(s): 118-119, Plate 28, Figures 7-8 [details]
page(s): 118-119, Plate 28, Figures 7-8 [details]
Type locality contained in South India and Sri Lanka
type locality contained in South India and Sri Lanka (origin: native - non-endemic) [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Sebadoris fragilis (Alder & Hancock, 1864). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=548868 on 2025-04-03
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Doris sordida Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1832-1835). Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe: exécuté par ordre du roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie. 1: i-l, 1-264; 2(1): 1-321 [1832]; 2(2): 321-686 [1833]; 3(1): 1-366 [1834]; 3(2): 367-954 [1835]; 4 [1833]; Atlas (Mollusques): pls 1-93 [1833] ...etc. In: Dumont d'Urville, J.; 1834, Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe. Paris, J. Tastu, Éditeur-Imprimeur., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2132
page(s): 266, pl. 19, figs 12-13 [details]
original description (of Discodoris morphaea 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
page(s): 536 [details]
original description (of Doris stragulata Abraham, 1877) Abraham, P. S. (1877). Revision of the anthobranchiate nudibranchiate Mollusca with descriptions or notices of forty-one hitherto undescribed species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1877: 196-269, pl. 28-30 [August]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28510784 [details]
original description (of Doris sordidata Abraham, 1877) Abraham, P. S. (1877). Revision of the anthobranchiate nudibranchiate Mollusca with descriptions or notices of forty-one hitherto undescribed species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1877: 196-269, pl. 28-30 [August]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28510784 [details]
original description (of Alloiodoris hedleyi O'Donoghue, 1924) O'Donoghue, C.H. (1924). Report on Opisthobranchiata from the Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia, with description of a new parasitic copepod. Journal of the Linnean Society of London. 35: 521-579, pls 27-30., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31757662 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Discodoris vanikoro Pruvot-Fol, 1934) Pruvot-Fol, A. (1934). Les Opisthobranches de Quoy et Gaimard. Archives du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. ser. 6, 11: 13-92, pl. 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59716097 [details]
original description (of Discodoris notiperda Risbec, 1956) Risbec, J. (1956). Nudibranches du Viet-Nam. Archives du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. ser. 7, 4: 1-34, pls 1-22., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59781721 [details]
original description (of Doris fragilis Alder & Hancock, 1864) Alder, J.; Hancock, A. (1864). Notice of a collection of nudibranchiate Mollusca made in India by Walter Elliot Esq. with descriptions of several new genera and species. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. 5: 113-147., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28909400
page(s): 118-119, Plate 28, Figures 7-8 [details]
original description (of Doris sordida Rüppell & Leuckart, 1830) 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): 34-35 [details]
original description (of Doris (Dendrodoris) granulata Ehrenberg, 1831) Ehrenberg, C. G. (1828-1831). Animalia evertebrata exclusis Insectis. Series prima. In: F. G. Hemprich & C. G. Ehrenberg, Symbolae physicae, seu icones et descriptiones Mammalium, Avium, Insectorum et animalia evertebra, quae ex itinere per Africam borealem et Asiam occidentalem studio nova aut illustrata redierunt. 126 pp. (1831), 10 pls (1828)., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48517135
page(s): g [3] [details]
new combination reference Dayrat B. (2010). A monographic revision of basal discodorid sea slugs (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia, Nudibranchia, Doridina). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. Series 4, vol. 61, suppl. I, 1-403, 382 figs.
page(s): 139-174. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 266, pl. 19, figs 12-13 [details]
original description (of Discodoris morphaea 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
page(s): 536 [details]
original description (of Doris stragulata Abraham, 1877) Abraham, P. S. (1877). Revision of the anthobranchiate nudibranchiate Mollusca with descriptions or notices of forty-one hitherto undescribed species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1877: 196-269, pl. 28-30 [August]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28510784 [details]
original description (of Doris sordidata Abraham, 1877) Abraham, P. S. (1877). Revision of the anthobranchiate nudibranchiate Mollusca with descriptions or notices of forty-one hitherto undescribed species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1877: 196-269, pl. 28-30 [August]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28510784 [details]
original description (of Alloiodoris hedleyi O'Donoghue, 1924) O'Donoghue, C.H. (1924). Report on Opisthobranchiata from the Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia, with description of a new parasitic copepod. Journal of the Linnean Society of London. 35: 521-579, pls 27-30., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31757662 [details] Available for editors

original description (of Discodoris vanikoro Pruvot-Fol, 1934) Pruvot-Fol, A. (1934). Les Opisthobranches de Quoy et Gaimard. Archives du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. ser. 6, 11: 13-92, pl. 1., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59716097 [details]
original description (of Discodoris notiperda Risbec, 1956) Risbec, J. (1956). Nudibranches du Viet-Nam. Archives du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. ser. 7, 4: 1-34, pls 1-22., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59781721 [details]
original description (of Doris fragilis Alder & Hancock, 1864) Alder, J.; Hancock, A. (1864). Notice of a collection of nudibranchiate Mollusca made in India by Walter Elliot Esq. with descriptions of several new genera and species. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. 5: 113-147., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28909400
page(s): 118-119, Plate 28, Figures 7-8 [details]
original description (of Doris sordida Rüppell & Leuckart, 1830) 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): 34-35 [details]
original description (of Doris (Dendrodoris) granulata Ehrenberg, 1831) Ehrenberg, C. G. (1828-1831). Animalia evertebrata exclusis Insectis. Series prima. In: F. G. Hemprich & C. G. Ehrenberg, Symbolae physicae, seu icones et descriptiones Mammalium, Avium, Insectorum et animalia evertebra, quae ex itinere per Africam borealem et Asiam occidentalem studio nova aut illustrata redierunt. 126 pp. (1831), 10 pls (1828)., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48517135
page(s): g [3] [details]
new combination reference Dayrat B. (2010). A monographic revision of basal discodorid sea slugs (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia, Nudibranchia, Doridina). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. Series 4, vol. 61, suppl. I, 1-403, 382 figs.
page(s): 139-174. [details] Available for editors

Other
context source (HKRMS)
Orr J. (1980). Annotated checklist of Hong Kong nudibranchs. In: Morton B, editor. Proceedings of the first International workshop on the malacofaunal of Hong Kong and Southern China. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. pp 109-117. [details]
additional source Yonow N. (2017). Results of the Rumphius Biohistorical Expedition to Ambon (1990). Part 16. The Nudibranchia - Dendronotina, Arminina, Aeolidina, and Doridina (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Heterobranchia). Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 146(1): 135-172. [details]
additional source Gosliner, T. et al. (2023). Southern African Sea Slugs. Southern Underwater Research Group Press, 7 Blackwood Drive, Hout Bay 7806, Cape Town, South Africa.
page(s): 130 [details]
additional source Yonow N. (2017). Results of the Rumphius Biohistorical Expedition to Ambon (1990). Part 16. The Nudibranchia - Dendronotina, Arminina, Aeolidina, and Doridina (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Heterobranchia). Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 146(1): 135-172. [details]
additional source Gosliner, T. et al. (2023). Southern African Sea Slugs. Southern Underwater Research Group Press, 7 Blackwood Drive, Hout Bay 7806, Cape Town, South Africa.
page(s): 130 [details]





- Type locality
- type locality contained in South India and Sri Lanka (origin: native - non-endemic) [details]
- From editor or global species database
- Indian Ocean
- Indonesia
- Mozambique
- Unreviewed
- North Atlantic Ocean
Language | Name | |
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English | Tortoise Tentacled Dorid [from synonym] | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Doris sordida Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Doris sordida Rüppell & Leuckart, 1830)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Discodoris fragilis (Alder & Hancock, 1864))
To GB Mollusca Types (Doris fragilis Alder & Hancock, 1864; Syntype(s); NEWHM:2002.H2555) (from synonym Doris fragilis Alder & Hancock, 1864)
To PESI (from synonym Discodoris fragilis (Alder & Hancock, 1864))
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Discodoris fragilis (Alder & Hancock, 1864))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Doris sordida Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Doris sordida Rüppell & Leuckart, 1830)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Discodoris fragilis (Alder & Hancock, 1864))
To GB Mollusca Types (Doris fragilis Alder & Hancock, 1864; Syntype(s); NEWHM:2002.H2555) (from synonym Doris fragilis Alder & Hancock, 1864)
To PESI (from synonym Discodoris fragilis (Alder & Hancock, 1864))
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Discodoris fragilis (Alder & Hancock, 1864))