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Aplysia dactylomela Rang, 1828

138753  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138753)

accepted
Species
Aplysia (Varria) dactylomela Rang, 1828 · alternative representation
Aplysia bourailli Risbec, 1951 · unaccepted (invalid: infrasubspecific name)
Aplysia odorata var. bourailli Risbec, 1951 · unaccepted (invalid: infrasubspecific name)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Rang, S. (1828). <i>Histoire naturelle des Aplysiens</i>. Paris: Firmin Didot. 83 pp. 24 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14983674 [details]   
Type locality contained in Cape Verdean Exclusive Economic Zone  
type locality contained in Cape Verdean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Note "...on the rocks of the harbor of Saint-Yago...  
From editor or global species database
Type locality "...on the rocks of the harbor of Saint-Yago de la Praya, in the Cape Verd Islands, and <...> it is still found in the Canary Islands" [details]
Description A beautifully patterned sea hare, up to 40cm long, with body shades of green, brown, and cream. Surface with black rings of...  
Description A beautifully patterned sea hare, up to 40cm long, with body shades of green, brown, and cream. Surface with black rings of varying sizes connected by a network of black lines and punctuated by cream spots. Habitat: sheltered eulittoral and shallow sublittoral.  [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Aplysia dactylomela Rang, 1828. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138753 on 2024-03-28
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original description Rang, S. (1828). <i>Histoire naturelle des Aplysiens</i>. Paris: Firmin Didot. 83 pp. 24 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14983674 [details]   

original description  (of Aplysia protea Rang, 1828) Rang, S. (1828). <i>Histoire naturelle des Aplysiens</i>. Paris: Firmin Didot. 83 pp. 24 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14983674
page(s): 56-57, pl. 10 fig. 1-3 [details]   

original description  (of Aplysia ocellata d'Orbigny, 1839) Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1836-1842). <i>Mollusques, Echinodermes, Foraminifères et Polypiers recueillis aux Iles Canaries par MM. Webb et Berthelot</i>. In: Barker-Webb, P. & Berthelot, S. (eds) <i>Histoire naturelle des Iles Canaries</i>, volume 2(2): 117 pp., pls 1-7, 7B. pp. 1-24 [Aug. 1839], 25-48 [Sept. 1839], 49-72 [Oct-1839], 73-104 [Jan. 1840], 105-136 [Mar. 1840], 137-143 [Apr. 1840], 145-152 [Aug. 1842]; pl. 1 [Jul. 1836], 2 [Dec. 1836], 3 [May 1842], 4-5 [June 1840], 7 [May 1842], 6, 7B [Aug. 1842]. Paris: Béthune. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41308382
page(s): 44; pl. 5 fig. 1-4 [details]   

original description  (of Aplysia aequorea Heilprin, 1888) Heilprin, A. (1888). Contributions to the Natural History of the Bermuda Islands. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 40: 302-328., available online at http://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/4061282.pdf
page(s): 325, pl. 16 figs 2–2b [details]   

original description  (of Aplysia megaptera A. E. Verrill, 1900) Verrill, A. E. (1900). The nudibranchs and naked tectibranchs of the Bermudas. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts & Sciences.</em> 10: 545-550, pl. 66., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27731318
page(s): 545 [details]   

original description  (of Aplysia odorata var. bourailli Risbec, 1951) Risbec, J. (1951). Note sur les Tectibranches de Nouvelle-Calédonie. <em>Journal de la Société des Océanistes.</em> 7: 123-158.
page(s): 135 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

original description  (of Aplysia bourailli Risbec, 1951) Risbec, J. (1951). Note sur les Tectibranches de Nouvelle-Calédonie. <em>Journal de la Société des Océanistes.</em> 7: 123-158. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

original description  (of Tethys panamensis Pilsbry, 1895) Pilsbry, H. A. (1895-1896). <i>Manual of conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species</i>. Ser. 1. Vol. 16: Philinidae, Gastropteridae, Aglajidae, Aplysiidae, Oxynoeidae, Runcinidae, Umbraculidae, Pleurobranchidae. pp vii, 1-262, pls 1-74. Philadelphia, published by the Conchological Section, Academy of Natural Sciences. [pp. 1-48, pls. 1-16, Aug. 20, 1895; pp. 49-112, pls. 17-31, Nov. 26, 1895; pp. 113-160, pls. 32-43, Mar. 13, 1896; pp. 161-262, pls. 44-74, Sept. 23, 1896; pp. i-vii, Sept. 23, 1896]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/41491
page(s): 88; pl. 60 figs 45-48 [1896] [details]   

context source (Introduced species) Valdés, Á.; Alexander, J.; Crocetta, F.; Yokeş, M. B.; Giacobbe, S.; Poursanidis, D.; Zenetos, A.; Cervera, J. L.; Caballer, M.; Galil, B.; Schembri, P. (2013). The origin and dispersal pathway of the spotted sea hare Aplysia dactylomela (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia) in the Mediterranean Sea. <em>Aquatic Invasions.</em> 8(4): 427-436., available online at https://doi.org/10.3391/ai.2013.8.4.06 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

context source (HKRMS) Tsi, C. Y. & Ma, S. T. (1982). A preliminary checklist of the marine gastropoda and Bivalvia (Mollusca) of Hong Kong and southern China. In: Proceedings of the first international marine biological workshop: The marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern China (ed. Morton, B.), vol. 1, pp431-458. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. [details]   

context source (Bermuda) Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp. , 547 pp [details]   

context source (PeRMS) Ramírez, R.; Paredes, C.; Arenas, J. (2003). Moluscos del Perú. <em>Revista de Biologia Tropical.</em> 51(supplement 3): 225-284. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Gosliner, T. (1987). Nudibranchs of Southern Africa: A Guide to Opisthobranch Molluscs of Southern Africa. Sea Challengers, Monterey, California.
page(s): 47; note: material = Aplysia argus [details]   

additional source Alexander J. & Valdés (2013) The ring doesn't mean a thing: Molecular data suggest a new taxonomy for two Pacific species of sea hares (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia, Aplysiidae). <i>Pacific Science</i> 67(2):283-294. , available online at https://doi.org/10.2984/67.2.10 [details]   

redescription Martínez E. & Ortea J. (1990). Moluscos opistobranquios de Cabo Verde: Anaspidea (Aplysiomorpha). <em>Publicações Ocasionais da Sociedade Portuguesa de Malacologia.</em> 15: 17-42. [details]   

redescription Thompson, T. E. (1977). Jamaican opisthobranch molluscs I. <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> 43: 93-140. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Description A beautifully patterned sea hare, up to 40cm long, with body shades of green, brown, and cream. Surface with black rings of varying sizes connected by a network of black lines and punctuated by cream spots. Habitat: sheltered eulittoral and shallow sublittoral.  [details]

Type locality "...on the rocks of the harbor of Saint-Yago de la Praya, in the Cape Verd Islands, and <...> it is still found in the Canary Islands" [details]

From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species abundance in Maltese part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (Marine Region) : Rare [details]

Introduced species impact in Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (Marine Region) : Other impact - undefined or uncertain [details]

Introduced species impact in Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (Marine Region) : Other impact - undefined or uncertain [details]

Introduced species impact in Maltese part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (Marine Region) : Other impact - undefined or uncertain [details]

Introduced species impact in Adriatic Sea (IHO Sea Area) : Other impact - undefined or uncertain [details]

Introduced species population trend in Maltese part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (Marine Region) : Stable [details]

Introduced species remark In Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (Marine Region) : Range expansion [details]

Introduced species vector dispersal in Maltese part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (Marine Region) : Unknown [details]

Introduced species vector dispersal in Adriatic Sea (IHO Sea Area) : Unclear
origin & vector transport unclear (Rudman, 2005) but may have been transported to Montenegro by local ocean currents (Marini et al. 2010) [details]

Introduced species vector dispersal in Italian part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin (Marine Region) : Shipping [details]

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