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 athttp://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23001647 page(s): 138 [details]
Distribution Widespread in tropical Atlantic and Indo-Pacific Oceans, including temperate regions in Spain, South Africa, Japan,...
Distribution Widespread in tropical Atlantic and Indo-Pacific Oceans, including temperate regions in Spain, South Africa, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand, as well as in the Mediterranean, but absent from the Hawaiian Islands and the Eastern Pacific. [details]
Etymology Named for the English zoologist, William Elford Leach (1791-1836).
Etymology Named for the English zoologist, William Elford Leach (1791-1836). [details]
original descriptionBlainville, 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 athttp://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23001647 page(s): 138 [details]
original description(ofBursatella leachii guineensis Bebbington, 1969)Bebbington A. (1969) <i>Bursatella leachi guineensis</i> subsp. nov. (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia) from Ghana. <i>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London</i> 38: 323-341.[details]
original description(ofAplysia cirrhifera Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1832-1835). <i>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.</i> 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 athttps://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2132 page(s): 311–312, pl. 24 fig. 8 [details]
original description(ofBursatella savigniana Audouin, 1826)Audouin V. (1826) Explication sommaire des planches de
Mollusques de l'Egypte et de la Syrie publiées par J.C.
Savigny. in: <i>Description de l'Egypte ou recueil des observations
et des recherches qui ont été faites en Egypte pendant
l'expédition de l'armée française, publié par les ordres
de sa majesté l'empereur Napoléon le grand. Histoire
Naturelle, Animaux invertébrés</i> 1(4): 7-56. Paris: Imprimerie
impériale., available online athttps://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/jomard1809bd5_1_1/0548 page(s): 17-18 [details]
original description(ofAclesia glauca Cheeseman, 1878)Cheeseman, T.F. (1878). Descriptions of three new species of opisthobranchiate Mollusca from New Zealand. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1878: 275–277. page(s): 277, pl. 15 fig. 4 [details]
original description(ofNotarchus laciniatus 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 athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37140891 page(s): 24-25, Plate 7, Figures 2 a-c [details]
original description(ofBursatella lacinulata A. Gould, 1852)Gould, A. A. (1852). Mollusca and shells. <em>In: United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 under the command of Charles Wilkes. Boston.</em> 12: 1-510; atlas 1856: 1-16., available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10991152 page(s): 223–224, pl. 16, figs 269-269a [details]
original description(ofAclesia africana Engel, 1926)Engel H. (1926). Drei neue Arten der Gattung <i>Aclesia</i> (Rang) Bergh, 1902. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 69: 180-187. page(s): 180–184, figs 11–14 [details]
original description(ofAclesia rosea Engel, 1926)Engel H. (1926). Drei neue Arten der Gattung <i>Aclesia</i> (Rang) Bergh, 1902. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 69: 180-187. page(s): 184–185, figs 15–16 [details]
original description(ofRamosaclesia rex J. K. Allan, 1932)Allan, J.K. (1932). A new genus and species of sea-slug, and two new species of sea-hares from Australia. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 18(6): 314–320, pls 34-35. page(s): 317–319, pl. 35 figs 1–6 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description(ofNotarchus villosus O'Donoghue, 1929)O'Donoghue, C. H. (1929). Opisthobranchiate Mollusca collected by the South African Marine Biological Survey. Union of South Africa. <em>Fisheries & Marine Biological Survey Report No. 7 for the year ending June 1929.</em> pp. 1-84, pls. 1-8. Special Reports No. 1. page(s): 25–30, pl. 3 figs 27–32. [details]
original description(ofNotarchus brevipes Hägg, 1904)Hägg R. (1904). Two new Opisthobranchiathe Mollusca from the Red Sea. In: L. A. Jägerskiöld (ed.), Results of the Swedish Zoological Expedition to Egypt and the White Nile 1901 under the direction of L. A. Jägerskiöld, Part 1: 1–16, pl. 1. page(s): 1–5, pl. 1 figs 1–3 [details]
original description(ofBursatella leachii hirasei Eales & Engel, 1935)Eales, N. & Engel, H. 1935. The genus Bursatella De Blainville. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 21: 279-303, plate 31. page(s): 298 [details]
context source (Introduced species)Katsanevakis, S.; Bogucarskis, K.; Gatto, F.; Vandekerkhove, J.; Deriu, I.; Cardoso A.S. (2012). Building the European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN): a novel approach for the exploration of distributed alien species data. <em>BioInvasions Records.</em> 1: 235-245., available online athttp://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu[details] Available for editors [request]
context source (Bermuda)Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp. , 547 pp[details]
basis of recordBazzicalupo, E.; Crocetta, F.; Gosliner, T. M.; Berteaux-Lecellier, V.; Camacho-García, Y. E.; Chandran, B. K. S.; Valdés, Á. (2020). Molecular and morphological systematics of Bursatella leachii de Blainville, 1817 and Stylocheilus striatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 reveal cryptic diversity in pantropically distributed taxa (Mollusca : Gastropoda : Heterobranchia). <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 34: 535-568., available online athttps://doi.org/10.1071/is19056 page(s): 542, figs 2A-B, 3-6 [details]
additional sourceGosliner, T. (1987). Nudibranchs of Southern Africa: A Guide to Opisthobranch Molluscs of Southern Africa. Sea Challengers, Monterey, California. page(s): 48. [details]
additional sourceNimbs 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 athttps://doi.org/10.1080/13235818.2016.1207280[details]
additional sourceOcchipinti-Ambrogi, A., A. Marchini, G. Cantone, A. Castelli, C. Chimenz, M. Cormaci, C. Froglia, G. Furnari, M.C. Gambi, G. Giaccone, A. Giangrande, C. Gravil, F. Mastrototaro, C. Mazziotti, L. Orsi-Relini & S. Piraino. (2010). Alien species along the Italian coasts: an overview. <em>Biological Invasions.</em> 13(1): 215-237., available online athttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-010-9803-y[details] Available for editors [request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Distribution Widespread in tropical Atlantic and Indo-Pacific Oceans, including temperate regions in Spain, South Africa, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand, as well as in the Mediterranean, but absent from the Hawaiian Islands and the Eastern Pacific. [details] Etymology Named for the English zoologist, William Elford Leach (1791-1836). [details] Type locality stated as unknown [details]
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Introduced species abundance in Tunisia (Nation) : Dominant [details] Introduced species abundance in Slovenian part of the Adriatic Sea (Marine Region) : Locally common [details] Introduced species abundance in Turkish part of the Aegean Sea (Marine Region) : Common [details] Introduced species impact in Tunisia (Nation) : Other impact - undefined or uncertain [details] Introduced species impact in Slovenian part of the Adriatic Sea (Marine Region) : Other impact - undefined or uncertain [details] Introduced species impact in Turkish part of the Aegean Sea (Marine Region) : Other impact - undefined or uncertain [details] Introduced species population trend in Turkish part of the Aegean Sea (Marine Region) : Increasing [details] Introduced species remark In Slovenian part of the Adriatic Sea (Marine Region) : In October 2007, 2009, 2010 & 2011 high densities were recorded with a maximum valu of 50 individuals per sq. m. In Lipej et al. 2012 [details] Introduced species vector dispersal in Tunisian part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (Marine Region) : Canals: natural range expansion through man-made canals Invaded from tropical Indo-Pacific [details] Introduced species vector dispersal in Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (Marine Region) : Canals: natural range expansion through man-made canals [details] Introduced species vector dispersal in Slovenian part of the Adriatic Sea (Marine Region) : Natural dispersal Dispersal via the Suez Canal see Lipej et al. 2012 [details] Introduced species vector dispersal in Turkish part of the Aegean Sea (Marine Region) : Unknown [details] Introduced species vector dispersal in Maltese part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (Marine Region) : Natural dispersal via Suez Canal [details]