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Bursatella leachi

217240  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217240)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Heterobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Euthyneura (Infraclass)
  7. Tectipleura (Subterclass)
  8. Aplysiida (Order)
  9. Aplysioidea (Superfamily)
  10. Aplysiidae (Family)
  11. Bursatella (Genus)
  12. Bursatella leachi (Species)
 unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
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  1. Subspecies Bursatella leachi plei [sic] accepted as Bursatella leachii pleii (Rang, 1828) accepted as Bursatella leachii Blainville, 1817 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Bursatella leachii Blainville, 1817) Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1817). <i>Bursatella</i>, p. 138, <i>in</i>: Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles (F. Cuvier, ed.), vol. 5, supplément. Levrault, Strasbourg & Le Normant, Paris. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23001647
page(s): 138 [details] 
Description A broad, plump sea slug, up to 7cm, varying in colour from tan to brown or orange. Body is covered in simple and/or...  
Description A broad, plump sea slug, up to 7cm, varying in colour from tan to brown or orange. Body is covered in simple and/or branched papillae. There can be black dots and markings, or blue or green spots ringed with pale orange. Swims by jet propulsion, somersaulting through the water. Habitat: lagoons, estuaries, tidal rock pools and shallow sublittoral. Distribution: pantropical. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Bursatella leachi. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217240 on 2024-11-21
Date
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1998-09-02 09:02:48Z
created
Onyango, Eunice
1998-09-02 12:07:28Z
changed
Vanden Berghe, Edward
2006-03-22 08:02:13Z
changed
Wambiji, Nina
2011-10-03 20:55:38Z
changed
Rosenberg, Gary
2012-06-05 23:54:58Z
changed
Rosenberg, Gary
2017-04-17 20:40:40Z
changed
Gofas, Serge
2024-02-26 16:54:20Z
changed
Auffenberg, Kurt

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original description (of Bursatella leachii Blainville, 1817) Blainville, H. M. D. de. (1817). <i>Bursatella</i>, p. 138, <i>in</i>: Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles (F. Cuvier, ed.), vol. 5, supplément. Levrault, Strasbourg & Le Normant, Paris. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23001647
page(s): 138 [details] 

basis of record Richmond, M. (Ed.) (1997). A guide to the seashores of Eastern Africa and the Western Indian Ocean islands. Sida/Department for Research Cooperation, SAREC: Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 91-630-4594-X. 448 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

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 Streftaris, N., A. Zenetos & E. Papathanassiou. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. <em>Oceanogry and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 43: 419-453. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Zenetos, A.; Çinar, M.E.; Pancucci-Papadopoulou, M.A.; Harmelin, J.-G.; Furnari, G.; Andaloro, F.; Bellou, N.; Streftaris, N.; Zibrowius, H. (2005). Annotated list of marine alien species in the Mediterranean with records of the worst invasive species. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 6 (2): 63-118., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273213810_Annotated_list_of_marine_alien_species_in_the_Mediterranean_with_records_of_the_worst_invasive_species [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): 48. [details] 

additional source Krakauer, J. M. (1971). The feeding habits of aplysiid opisthobranchs in Florida. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 85(2): 37-38., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8516137 [details] 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Description A broad, plump sea slug, up to 7cm, varying in colour from tan to brown or orange. Body is covered in simple and/or branched papillae. There can be black dots and markings, or blue or green spots ringed with pale orange. Swims by jet propulsion, somersaulting through the water. Habitat: lagoons, estuaries, tidal rock pools and shallow sublittoral. Distribution: pantropical. [details]
LanguageName 
English shaggy sea hare  [details]
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