CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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

CAAB Code:	24 388012 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Aplysia extraordinaria (Allan, 1932)
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
Synonyms:	Aplysia cronullae
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat:	Marine unspecified
Parent Codes:	24 388901 Aplysia spp.

Taxon Notes:

It is possible that this species is conspecific with Aplysia denisoni E.A. Smith, 1884, in which case, the latter name would take precedence.

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:89acc0b5-b760-4d37-8196-8e31c80f9413 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:568187 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2016-05-10 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

Record source:	Healy, J.M., Potter, D.G., Carless, T., 2010. A preliminary checklist of the marine gastropods (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Moreton Bay, Queensland., Memoirs of the Queensland Museum - Nature, Vol. 54(3): 253-286.
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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