CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

CAAB Code
24 432044 Show as JSON
Scientific Name & Authority
Hypselodoris maculosa   (Pease, 1871)
Rank
Species
CAAB category
24 - Mollusca - Gastropoda Gastropods (univalve molluscs, slugs, snails etc.)
Family
24 432 Chromodorididae (nudibranchs) - show full list
Common Name
[a nudibranch]
Organism Type
a nudibranch
Taxon lists
Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat
Marine unspecified
Parent Codes
24 432909     Hypselodoris spp.
Taxon Notes
Australian records require verification - this species has been extensively confused with H. decorata, and either or both may be present in Australian waters.
Identifiers
Australian Faunal Directory (AFD) urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:0767b511-3e69-4c25-ad1e-0a81c5d9e414
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21
View at Atlas of Living Australia
World Register of Marine Species urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:209597
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
Wägele, H., Burghardt, I., Anthes, N., Evertsen, J., Klussmann-Kolb, A., Brodie, G.D., 2006. Species diversity of opisthobranch molluscs on Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia., Records of the Western Australian Museum. Supplement, Vol. 69: 33-59.
Scientific Name verified against
Epstein, H.E,, Hallas, J.M., Johnson, R.F., Lopez, A., Gosliner, T.M., 2019. Reading between the lines: revealing cryptic species diversity and colour patterns in Hypselodoris nudibranchs (Mollusca: Heterobranchia: Chromodorididae)., Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, Vol. 186: 116-189. . doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zly048 doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zly048