WoRMS taxon details
Aplysia juliana Quoy & Gaimard, 1832
138756 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138756)
accepted
Species
Aplysia (Metaplysia) badistes Pilsbry, 1951 · unaccepted
Aplysia brunnea F. W. Hutton, 1875 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Aplysia hamiltoni T. W. Kirk, 1882 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Aplysia juliana var. quoyana Engel & Eales, 1957 · unaccepted
Aplysia petiti Risbec, 1929 · unaccepted
Aplysia sandvichensis G. B. Sowerby I, 1869 · unaccepted
Aplysia sibogae Bergh, 1905 · unaccepted
Aplysia woodii Bergh, 1907 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Syphonota bipes Pease, 1860 · unaccepted
Tethys capensis O'Donoghue, 1929 · unaccepted
- Variety Aplysia juliana var. quoyana Engel & Eales, 1957 accepted as Aplysia juliana Quoy & Gaimard, 1832
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1832-1835). <i>Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe: exécuté par ordre du roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie.</i> 1: i-l, 1-264; 2(1): 1-321 [1832]; 2(2): 321-686 [1833]; 3(1): 1-366 [1834]; 3(2): 367-954 [1835]; 4 [1833]; Atlas (Mollusques): pls 1-93 [1833] ...etc. In: Dumont d'Urville, J.; 1834, Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe. Paris, J. Tastu, Éditeur-Imprimeur., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2132
page(s): 309 [details]
page(s): 309 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Aplysia juliana Quoy & Gaimard, 1832. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138756 on 2025-04-29
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Nomenclature
original description
Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1832-1835). <i>Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe: exécuté par ordre du roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie.</i> 1: i-l, 1-264; 2(1): 1-321 [1832]; 2(2): 321-686 [1833]; 3(1): 1-366 [1834]; 3(2): 367-954 [1835]; 4 [1833]; Atlas (Mollusques): pls 1-93 [1833] ...etc. In: Dumont d'Urville, J.; 1834, Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe. Paris, J. Tastu, Éditeur-Imprimeur., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.2132
page(s): 309 [details]
original description (of Aplysia sibogae Bergh, 1905) Bergh, L. S. R. (1905). Die Opisthobranchiata der Siboga-expedition. In: Weber M. (ed.) Uitkomsten op Zoologisch, Botanisch, Oceanographisch en Geologisch Gebied verzameld in Nederlandsch Oost-Indië 1899-1900 aan boord H.M. Siboga onder commando van Luitenant ter zee 1e. kl. G.F. Tydeman. Siboga-Expeditie Monographie 50 (Livraison 25): 1-248, pls 1-20. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11650714
page(s): 9, pl. 6 figs 36-42, pl. 7 figs 1-6 [details]
original description (of Aplysia woodii Bergh, 1907) Bergh, L. S. R. (1907). The Opisthobranchiata of South Africa. <em>Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society.</em> 17(1):1-144, pls. 1-14. In: Marine Investigations of South Africa 5(1). [Dated 1908]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36865459
page(s): 12, pl. 2, figs 13-19 [details]
original description (of Syphonota bipes Pease, 1860) Pease, W. H. (1860). Descriptions of new species of Mollusca from the Sandwich Islands. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 28: 18-36; 141-148., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12866516 [details]
original description (of Aplysia sandvichensis G. B. Sowerby I, 1869) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1869). Monograph of the genus <i>Aplysia</i>. In: <i>Conchologia iconica, or, Illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 17, pls 1-10 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [August 1869]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10975189 [details]
original description (of Aplysia brunnea F. W. Hutton, 1875) Hutton, F. W. (1875). Description of two new species of Aplysia. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 7: 279. [details]
original description (of Aplysia hamiltoni T. W. Kirk, 1882) Kirk, T. W. (1882). Descriptions of new shells. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 14: 282–283., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34671731
page(s): 283 [details]
original description (of Aplysia petiti Risbec, 1929) Risbec, J. (1929). Notes zoologiques et anatomiques sur quelques Opisthobranches de Madagascar. <em>Faune des Colonies Françaises.</em> 3: 45-62.
page(s): 56 [details]
original description (of Aplysia (Metaplysia) badistes Pilsbry, 1951) Pilsbry, H. A. (1951). <i>Aplysia badistes</i>, a peculiar Floridan sea-hare. <em>Notulae Naturae.</em> 240: 1-6. [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
page(s): 309 [details]
original description (of Aplysia sibogae Bergh, 1905) Bergh, L. S. R. (1905). Die Opisthobranchiata der Siboga-expedition. In: Weber M. (ed.) Uitkomsten op Zoologisch, Botanisch, Oceanographisch en Geologisch Gebied verzameld in Nederlandsch Oost-Indië 1899-1900 aan boord H.M. Siboga onder commando van Luitenant ter zee 1e. kl. G.F. Tydeman. Siboga-Expeditie Monographie 50 (Livraison 25): 1-248, pls 1-20. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11650714
page(s): 9, pl. 6 figs 36-42, pl. 7 figs 1-6 [details]
original description (of Aplysia woodii Bergh, 1907) Bergh, L. S. R. (1907). The Opisthobranchiata of South Africa. <em>Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society.</em> 17(1):1-144, pls. 1-14. In: Marine Investigations of South Africa 5(1). [Dated 1908]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36865459
page(s): 12, pl. 2, figs 13-19 [details]
original description (of Syphonota bipes Pease, 1860) Pease, W. H. (1860). Descriptions of new species of Mollusca from the Sandwich Islands. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 28: 18-36; 141-148., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12866516 [details]
original description (of Aplysia sandvichensis G. B. Sowerby I, 1869) Sowerby, G. B. II. (1869). Monograph of the genus <i>Aplysia</i>. In: <i>Conchologia iconica, or, Illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 17, pls 1-10 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [August 1869]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10975189 [details]
original description (of Aplysia brunnea F. W. Hutton, 1875) Hutton, F. W. (1875). Description of two new species of Aplysia. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 7: 279. [details]
original description (of Aplysia hamiltoni T. W. Kirk, 1882) Kirk, T. W. (1882). Descriptions of new shells. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 14: 282–283., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34671731
page(s): 283 [details]
original description (of Aplysia petiti Risbec, 1929) Risbec, J. (1929). Notes zoologiques et anatomiques sur quelques Opisthobranches de Madagascar. <em>Faune des Colonies Françaises.</em> 3: 45-62.
page(s): 56 [details]
original description (of Aplysia (Metaplysia) badistes Pilsbry, 1951) Pilsbry, H. A. (1951). <i>Aplysia badistes</i>, a peculiar Floridan sea-hare. <em>Notulae Naturae.</em> 240: 1-6. [details]
basis of record Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 180-213., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/254404.pdf [details]
Other
context source (HKRMS)
Proud, A. J. (1977). An ecological survey of the D' Aguilar Peninsula, Hong Kong, with recommendations for its future management. Mphil thesis. The University of Hong Kong. [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
[request]
additional source Branch, G. M. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. <em>David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg.</em> , available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=W_2QB8ftLgcC [details]
additional source Bebbington, A., 1977. Aplysiid species from eastern Australia with notes on the Pacific Ocean Aplysiomorpha (Gastropoda, Opistobranchia). Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. 34 1: 87-147. [details]
additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
additional source Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
page(s): 180. [details]
additional source Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 <i>in:</i> Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Bebbington A. (1974) Aplysiid species from East Africa with notes on the Indian Ocean Aplysiomorpha (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia). <i>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society</i> 54(1): 63-99. [details]
additional source Gosliner, T. (1987). Nudibranchs of Southern Africa: A Guide to Opisthobranch Molluscs of Southern Africa. Sea Challengers, Monterey, California.
page(s): 47. [details]
additional source Nimbs M. J., Willan R. C. & Smith S. D. A. (2017). Is Port Stephens, eastern Australia, a global hotspot for biodiversity of Aplysiidae (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia)?. <em>Molluscan Research.</em> 37(1): 47-65., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/13235818.2016.1207280 [details]
additional source Hayashi, A.; Kishine, H. (1997). Comparative Biochemical Studies on Lipids of Five Gastropods (Mollusca) - Structures and Compositions of Long-chain Bases of Sphingolipids. <em>Venus (Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan).</em> 56 (2): 157-167. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Gosliner, T. et al. (2023). <i>Southern African Sea Slugs</i>. Southern Underwater Research Group Press, 7 Blackwood Drive, Hout Bay 7806, Cape Town, South Africa.
page(s): 712 [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
[request]additional source Branch, G. M. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. <em>David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg.</em> , available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=W_2QB8ftLgcC [details]
additional source Bebbington, A., 1977. Aplysiid species from eastern Australia with notes on the Pacific Ocean Aplysiomorpha (Gastropoda, Opistobranchia). Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. 34 1: 87-147. [details]
additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
additional source Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
page(s): 180. [details]
additional source Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 <i>in:</i> Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Bebbington A. (1974) Aplysiid species from East Africa with notes on the Indian Ocean Aplysiomorpha (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia). <i>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society</i> 54(1): 63-99. [details]
additional source Gosliner, T. (1987). Nudibranchs of Southern Africa: A Guide to Opisthobranch Molluscs of Southern Africa. Sea Challengers, Monterey, California.
page(s): 47. [details]
additional source Nimbs M. J., Willan R. C. & Smith S. D. A. (2017). Is Port Stephens, eastern Australia, a global hotspot for biodiversity of Aplysiidae (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia)?. <em>Molluscan Research.</em> 37(1): 47-65., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/13235818.2016.1207280 [details]
additional source Hayashi, A.; Kishine, H. (1997). Comparative Biochemical Studies on Lipids of Five Gastropods (Mollusca) - Structures and Compositions of Long-chain Bases of Sphingolipids. <em>Venus (Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan).</em> 56 (2): 157-167. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Gosliner, T. et al. (2023). <i>Southern African Sea Slugs</i>. Southern Underwater Research Group Press, 7 Blackwood Drive, Hout Bay 7806, Cape Town, South Africa.
page(s): 712 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | walking sea hareSucker-foot Sea Hare | [details] |
| German | Gestelzter Seehase | [details] |
| Japanese | アマクサアメフラシ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Aplysia juliana)
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To Malacopics (Aplysia juliana Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 South Africa, Eastern Cape, Coffee Bay)
To Museum of New Zealand Te Papa (M.000042; Aplysia hamiltoni Kirk, 1882; syntype) (from synonym Aplysia hamiltoni T. W. Kirk, 1882)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Aplysia sibogae Bergh, 1905)
To PESI (from synonym Aplysia sandvichensis G. B. Sowerby I, 1869)
To PESI (from synonym Aplysia woodii Bergh, 1907)
To PESI (from synonym Syphonota bipes Pease, 1860)
To PESI (from synonym Tethys capensis O'Donoghue, 1929)
To PESI (from synonym Aplysia juliana var. quoyana Engel & Eales, 1957)
To Sea Slug Forum (via archive.org)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Aplysia juliana)
To GenBank (17 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To Malacopics (Aplysia juliana Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 South Africa, Eastern Cape, Coffee Bay)
To Museum of New Zealand Te Papa (M.000042; Aplysia hamiltoni Kirk, 1882; syntype) (from synonym Aplysia hamiltoni T. W. Kirk, 1882)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Aplysia sibogae Bergh, 1905)
To PESI (from synonym Aplysia sandvichensis G. B. Sowerby I, 1869)
To PESI (from synonym Aplysia woodii Bergh, 1907)
To PESI (from synonym Syphonota bipes Pease, 1860)
To PESI (from synonym Tethys capensis O'Donoghue, 1929)
To PESI (from synonym Aplysia juliana var. quoyana Engel & Eales, 1957)
To Sea Slug Forum (via archive.org)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
To ITIS
