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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Mollusca (phylum) » Gastropoda (class) » Nudibranchia (order) » Scyllaeidae (family)
CAAB Code: | 24 445002 |
Scientific Name and Authority: | Scyllaea fulva Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 |
Rank: | Species |
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Taxon Notes: | This species was previously recorded from this region as Scyllaea pelagica, which was regarded as cosmopolitan in distribution. The Indo-Pacific species (S. fulva) is now regarded as distinct from the true S. pelagica from the Atlantic. See Pola et al, 2012. | ||||
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Record source: | Burn, R., 2006. A checklist and bibliography of the Opisthobranchia (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Victoria and the Bass Strait area, south-eastern Australia., Museum Victoria Science Reports, Vol. 10: 1-42. |
Scientific Name verified against: | Pola, M., Camacho-GarcĂa, Y.E., Gosliner, T.M., 2012. Molecular data illuminate cryptic nudibranch species: the evolution of the Scyllaeidae (Nudibranchia: Dendronotina) with a revision of Notobryon., Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, Vol. 165: 311-336. |