HKRMS taxon details
Hypselodoris placida (Baba, 1949)
558363 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:558363)
accepted
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of ) Baba, K. (1949). Opisthobranchia of Sagami Bay collected by His Majesty the Emperor of Japan. Iwanami Shoten, Tokyo, 194pp., 50 pls. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Hypselodoris placida (Baba, 1949). Accessed through: Astudillo, J. C.; Williams, G. A.; Leung, K. M. Y.; Cannicci, S.; Yasuhara, M.; Yau, C.; Qiu, J-W.; Ang, P. O.; To, A. W. L.; Shea, S. K. H. (Eds.) (2025) Hong Kong Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/hkrms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=558363 on 2025-05-17
Astudillo, J. C.; Williams, G. A.; Leung, K. M. Y.; Cannicci, S.; Yasuhara, M.; Yau, C.; Qiu, J-W.; Ang, P. O.; To, A. W. L.; Shea, S. K. H. (Eds.) (2025). Hong Kong Register of Marine Species. Hypselodoris placida (Baba, 1949). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/hkrms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=558363 on 2025-05-17
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(of ) Baba, K. (1949). Opisthobranchia of Sagami Bay collected by His Majesty the Emperor of Japan. Iwanami Shoten, Tokyo, 194pp., 50 pls. [details]
context source (HKRMS) Jensen KR. (1998). Zoogeographic affinities of Hong Kong Opisthobranchia (Mollusca: Gastropoda). In: Morton B, editor. Proceedings of the Third International Conference on the Marine Biology of the South China Sea, The Marine Biology of the South China Sea.Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. pp 43-55. [details]
basis of record Rudman, W. B. (1983). The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: <em>Chromodoris splendida</em>, <em>C. aspersa</em> and <em>Hypselodoris placida</em> colour groups. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 78: 105-173.
page(s): 165 [details]
additional source Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R.H. (2007) <i>Nudibranchs of the world</i>. ConchBooks, Frankfurt, 360 pp. ISBN: 978-3-939767-06-0
page(s): 131 [details]
additional source Rudman, W. B.; Darvell, B. W. (1990). Opisthobranch molluscs of Hong Kong: Part 1. Goniodorididae, Onchidorididae, Triophidae, Gymnodorididae, Chromodorididae (Nudibranchia). <em>Asian Marine Biology.</em> 7: 31-79.
page(s): 62 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Baba, K. (1995). Anatomical and Taxonomical Review of Four Blue Patterned Species of Hypsetodoris (Nudibranchia:Chromodorididae) from Japan. <em>VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology).</em> 54(1); 1 - 15. [details] Available for editors
status source Johnson R.F. & Gosliner T.M. (2012) Traditional taxonomic groupings mask evolutionary history: A molecular phylogeny and new classification of the chromodorid nudibranchs. <i>PLoS ONE</i> 7(4): e33479., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0033479 [details]
context source (HKRMS) Jensen KR. (1998). Zoogeographic affinities of Hong Kong Opisthobranchia (Mollusca: Gastropoda). In: Morton B, editor. Proceedings of the Third International Conference on the Marine Biology of the South China Sea, The Marine Biology of the South China Sea.Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. pp 43-55. [details]
basis of record Rudman, W. B. (1983). The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: <em>Chromodoris splendida</em>, <em>C. aspersa</em> and <em>Hypselodoris placida</em> colour groups. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 78: 105-173.
page(s): 165 [details]
additional source Debelius, H. & Kuiter, R.H. (2007) <i>Nudibranchs of the world</i>. ConchBooks, Frankfurt, 360 pp. ISBN: 978-3-939767-06-0
page(s): 131 [details]
additional source Rudman, W. B.; Darvell, B. W. (1990). Opisthobranch molluscs of Hong Kong: Part 1. Goniodorididae, Onchidorididae, Triophidae, Gymnodorididae, Chromodorididae (Nudibranchia). <em>Asian Marine Biology.</em> 7: 31-79.
page(s): 62 [details]
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source Baba, K. (1995). Anatomical and Taxonomical Review of Four Blue Patterned Species of Hypsetodoris (Nudibranchia:Chromodorididae) from Japan. <em>VENUS (The Japanese Journals of Malacology).</em> 54(1); 1 - 15. [details] Available for editors

status source Johnson R.F. & Gosliner T.M. (2012) Traditional taxonomic groupings mask evolutionary history: A molecular phylogeny and new classification of the chromodorid nudibranchs. <i>PLoS ONE</i> 7(4): e33479., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0033479 [details]
To Sea Slug Forum (via archive.org) Note: Second photo is more similar to the illustration in Rudman (1983)