WoRMS taxon details
Elysia expansa (O'Donoghue, 1924)
494443 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:494443)
accepted
Species
Placobranchus expansa O'Donoghue, 1924 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Placobranchus expansa O'Donoghue, 1924) O'Donoghue, C.H. (1924). Report on Opisthobranchiata from the Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia, with description of a new parasitic copepod. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 35: 521-579, pls 27-30., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31757662
page(s): 539, pl. 27 fig. 4, pl. 29 figs 31-34 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 539, pl. 27 fig. 4, pl. 29 figs 31-34 [details] Available for editors
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Type locality contained in Abrolhos Archipelago, Brazil
type locality contained in Abrolhos Archipelago, Brazil [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Elysia expansa (O'Donoghue, 1924). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=494443 on 2025-04-24
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Placobranchus expansa O'Donoghue, 1924) O'Donoghue, C.H. (1924). Report on Opisthobranchiata from the Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia, with description of a new parasitic copepod. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 35: 521-579, pls 27-30., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31757662
page(s): 539, pl. 27 fig. 4, pl. 29 figs 31-34 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Jensen, K.R. (2007). Biogeography of the Sacoglossa (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia). <em>Bonner Zoologische Beiträge.</em> 55: 255–281., available online at https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Bonner-Zoologische-Beitraege_55_0255-0281.pdf [details]
page(s): 539, pl. 27 fig. 4, pl. 29 figs 31-34 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Jensen, K.R. (2007). Biogeography of the Sacoglossa (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia). <em>Bonner Zoologische Beiträge.</em> 55: 255–281., available online at https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Bonner-Zoologische-Beitraege_55_0255-0281.pdf [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
