MolluscaBase taxon details
original description
Bergh, L. S. R. (1905). Die Opisthobranchiata der Siboga-expedition. <em>Siboga-Expeditie.</em> 50: 1-248, pls 1-20., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11650714
page(s): 232-233, pl. 20 fig. 4-12 [details]
original description
(of Aeolidia edmondsoni Ostergaard, 1955) Ostergaard, J. M. (1955). Some Opisthobranchiate Mollusca from Hawaii. <em>Pacific Science.</em> 9(2): 110-136, pls 1-2., available online at https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/10125/8849/1/vol9n2-110-136.pdf [details]
additional source
Gosliner, T. M. (1980 ["1979"]). The systematics of the Aeolidiacea (Nudibranchia: Mollusca) of the Hawaiian Islands, with descriptions of two new species. <em>Pacific Science.</em> 33(1): 37-77., available online at http://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10125/1455 [details]
source of synonymy
Rudman, W. B. (1981). Further studies on the anatomy and ecology of opisthobranch molluscs feeding on the scleractinian coral Porites. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 71: 373-412.
note: synonymy with Phestilla lugubris rebutted by Faucci et al. (2007: 112) [details]
status source
Faucci, A.; Toonen, R. J.; Hadfield, M. G. (2007). Host shift and speciation in a coral-feeding nudibranch. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.</em> 274(1606): 111-119., available online at http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/274/1606/111
note: treated as valid species [details]