CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

CAAB Code: 24 388011 Show as JSON
Scientific Name & 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

Australian Faunal Directory (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
World Register of Marine Species	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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