CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

Animalia (kingdom) » Mollusca (phylum) » Gastropoda (class) » Anaspidea (order) » Aplysiidae (family)

CAAB Code:	24 388011 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Stylocheilus longicauda (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	24 - Mollusca - Gastropoda Gastropods (univalve molluscs, slugs, snails etc.)
Family:	24 388 Aplysiidae (sea hares) - show full list
Common Name:	[a sea hare]
Organism Type:	a sea hare
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Marine unspecified
Parent Codes:	24 388905 Stylocheilus spp.

Taxon Notes:

This is an elongate yellow to green species with few, usually blue, spots, that is associated with drifting algae, particularly Sargassum.

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:bda48e86-0328-423b-9777-6e9a5e3a7468 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217246 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-01-11 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

Record source:	Wells, F.E., Longbottom, A.F., Longbottom, J., 2005. The marine molluscs of Esperance Bay and the Recherche Archipelago, Western Australia. In: Wells, F.E. Walker, D.I. Kendrick, G.A., Editors, The Marine Flora and Fauna of Esperance, Western Australia., 1: 289-313. Western Australian Museum, Perth, WA 323pp.
Scientific Name verified against:	Nimbs, M.J., Willan, R.C., Smith, S.D.A., 2017. Is Port Stephens, eastern Australia, a global hotspot for biodiveristy of Aplysiidae (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia)?, Molluscan Research, Vol. 37(1): 45-65. . dx.doi.org/10.1080/13235818.2016.1207280 doi:10.1080/13235818.2016.1207280

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