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Hypselodoris W. Stimpson, 1855

137784  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137784)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Heterobranchia (Subclass)
  6. Euthyneura (Infraclass)
  7. Ringipleura (Subterclass)
  8. Nudipleura (Superorder)
  9. Nudibranchia (Order)
  10. Doridina (Suborder)
  11. Doridoidei (Infraorder)
  12. Chromodoridoidea (Superfamily)
  13. Chromodorididae (Family)
  14. Miamirinae (Subfamily)
  15. Hypselodoris (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Brachychlanis Ehrenberg, 1831 · unaccepted (declared nomen oblitum by Johnson...)  
declared nomen oblitum by Johnson & Valdés (2001)
Doris (Pterodoris) Ehrenberg, 1831 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Jeanrisbecia Franc, 1968 · unaccepted (unnecessary replacement name for...)  
unnecessary replacement name for Risbecia Odhner, 1934, erroneously treated by Franc as a junior homonym of Risbecia Kosuge, 1966
Pterodoris Ehrenberg, 1831 · unaccepted (invalid: Placed on the Official...)  
invalid: Placed on the Official Index by Opinion 1375
Risbecia Odhner, 1934 · unaccepted

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  1. Species Hypselodoris alboterminata Gosliner & R. F. Johnson, 1999
  2. Species Hypselodoris alburtuqali Gosliner & R. F. Johnson, 2018
  3. Species Hypselodoris apolegma (Yonow, 2001)
  4. Species Hypselodoris babai Gosliner & Behrens, 2000
  5. Species Hypselodoris bennetti (Angas, 1864)
  6. Species Hypselodoris bertschi Gosliner & R. F. Johnson, 1999
  7. Species Hypselodoris bollandi Gosliner & R. F. Johnson, 1999
  8. Species Hypselodoris brycei Gosliner & R. F. Johnson, 2018
  9. Species Hypselodoris bullockii (Collingwood, 1881)
  10. Species Hypselodoris capensis (Barnard, 1927)
  11. Species Hypselodoris carnea (Bergh, 1889)
  12. Species Hypselodoris cerisae Gosliner & R. F. Johnson, 2018
  13. Species Hypselodoris confetti Gosliner & R. F. Johnson, 2018
  14. Species Hypselodoris decorata (Risbec, 1928)
  15. Species Hypselodoris dollfusi (Pruvot-Fol, 1933)
  16. Species Hypselodoris emma Rudman, 1977
  17. Species Hypselodoris festiva (A. Adams, 1861)
  18. Species Hypselodoris flavomarginata Rudman, 1995
  19. Species Hypselodoris fucata Gosliner & R. F. Johnson, 1999
  20. Species Hypselodoris ghardaqana (Gohar & Aboul-Ela, 1957)
  21. Species Hypselodoris godeffroyana (Bergh, 1877)
  22. Species Hypselodoris iacula Gosliner & R. F. Johnson, 1999
  23. Species Hypselodoris iba Gosliner & R. F. Johnson, 2018
  24. Species Hypselodoris imperialis (Pease, 1860)
  25. Species Hypselodoris infucata (Rüppell & Leuckart, 1830)
  26. Species Hypselodoris insulana Gosliner & R. F. Johnson, 1999
  27. Species Hypselodoris jacksoni N. G. Wilson & Willan, 2007
  28. Species Hypselodoris juniperae Gosliner & R. F. Johnson, 2018
  29. Species Hypselodoris kaname Baba, 1994
  30. Species Hypselodoris kanga Rudman, 1977
  31. Species Hypselodoris katherinae Gosliner & R. F. Johnson, 2018
  32. Species Hypselodoris krakatoa Gosliner & R. F. Johnson, 1999
  33. Species Hypselodoris lacteola Rudman, 1995
  34. Species Hypselodoris lacuna Gosliner & R. F. Johnson, 2018
  35. Species Hypselodoris maculosa (Pease, 1871)
  36. Species Hypselodoris maridadilus Rudman, 1977
  37. Species Hypselodoris maritima (Baba, 1949)
  38. Species Hypselodoris melanesica Gosliner & R. F. Johnson, 2018
  39. Species Hypselodoris nigrolineata (Eliot, 1904)
  40. Species Hypselodoris nigrostriata (Eliot, 1904)
  41. Species Hypselodoris obscura (W. Stimpson, 1855)
  42. Species Hypselodoris paradisa Gosliner & R. F. Johnson, 2018
  43. Species Hypselodoris paulinae Gosliner & R. F. Johnson, 1999
  44. Species Hypselodoris peasei (Bergh, 1880)
  45. Species Hypselodoris perii Gosliner & R. F. Johnson, 2018
  46. Species Hypselodoris placida (Baba, 1949)
  47. Species Hypselodoris pulchella (Rüppell & Leuckart, 1830)
  48. Species Hypselodoris purpureomaculosa Hamatani, 1995
  49. Species Hypselodoris regina Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1970
  50. Species Hypselodoris reidi Gosliner & R. F. Johnson, 1999
  51. Species Hypselodoris roo Gosliner & R. F. Johnson, 2018
  52. Species Hypselodoris rosans (Bergh, 1889)
  53. Species Hypselodoris rositoi Gosliner & R. F. Johnson, 2018
  54. Species Hypselodoris rudmani Gosliner & R. F. Johnson, 1999
  55. Species Hypselodoris sagamiensis (Baba, 1949)
  56. Species Hypselodoris saintvincentius Burn, 1962
  57. Species Hypselodoris shimodaensis Baba, 1994
  58. Species Hypselodoris skyleri Gosliner & R. F. Johnson, 2018
  59. Species Hypselodoris tryoni (Garrett, 1873)
  60. Species Hypselodoris variobranchia Gosliner & R. F. Johnson, 2018
  61. Species Hypselodoris violabranchia Gosliner & R. F. Johnson, 1999
  62. Species Hypselodoris violacea Gosliner & R. F. Johnson, 2018
  63. Species Hypselodoris whitei (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)
  64. Species Hypselodoris yarae Gosliner & R. F. Johnson, 2018
  65. Species Hypselodoris zebrina (Alder & Hancock, 1864)
  66. Species Hypselodoris zephyra Gosliner & R. F. Johnson, 1999
  67. Species Hypselodoris acriba Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967 accepted as Felimare acriba (Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967) (original combination)
  68. Species Hypselodoris aegialia (Bergh, 1904) accepted as Felimare agassizii (Bergh, 1894)
  69. Species Hypselodoris agassizii (Bergh, 1894) accepted as Felimare agassizii (Bergh, 1894)
  70. Species Hypselodoris alaini Ortea, Espinosa & Buske, 2013 accepted as Felimare alaini (Ortea, Espinosa & Buske, 2013)
  71. Species Hypselodoris andersoni Bertsch & Gosliner, 1989 accepted as Hypselodoris peasei (Bergh, 1880)
  72. Species Hypselodoris bayeri (Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967) accepted as Felimare bayeri Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967
  73. Species Hypselodoris bilineata (Pruvot-Fol, 1953) accepted as Felimare bilineata (Pruvot-Fol, 1953)
  74. Species Hypselodoris californiensis (Bergh, 1879) accepted as Felimare californiensis (Bergh, 1879)
  75. Species Hypselodoris cantabrica Bouchet & Ortea, 1981 accepted as Felimare cantabrica (Bouchet & Ortea, 1981) (original combination)
  76. Species Hypselodoris centunculus Yonow, 1994 accepted as Hypselodoris whitei (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)
  77. Species Hypselodoris ciminoi Ortea & Á. Valdés, 1996 accepted as Felimare ciminoi (Ortea & Á. Valdés, 1996) (original combination)
  78. Species Hypselodoris coelestis (Deshayes, 1865) accepted as Felimare orsinii (Vérany, 1846) (junior subjective synonym)
  79. Species Hypselodoris cuis Er. Marcus, 1965 accepted as Hypselodoris maculosa (Pease, 1871)
  80. Species Hypselodoris daniellae Kay & D. K. Young, 1969 accepted as Thorunna daniellae (Kay & D. K. Young, 1969) (original combination)
  81. Species Hypselodoris edenticulata (K. White, 1952) accepted as Felimare picta (R. A. Philippi, 1836) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  82. Species Hypselodoris elegans (Cantraine, 1835) accepted as Felimare picta (R. A. Philippi, 1836)
  83. Species Hypselodoris epicuria Basedow & Hedley, 1905 accepted as Goniobranchus epicurius (Basedow & Hedley, 1905) (original combination)
  84. Species Hypselodoris espinosai Ortea & Á. Valdés, 1996 accepted as Felimare espinosai (Ortea & Á. Valdés, 1996)
  85. Species Hypselodoris festiva (Angas, 1864) accepted as Mexichromis festiva (Angas, 1864)
  86. Species Hypselodoris fontandraui (Pruvot-Fol, 1951) accepted as Felimare fontandraui (Pruvot-Fol, 1951)
  87. Species Hypselodoris fortunensis Ortea, Espinosa & Buske, 2013 accepted as Felimare fortunensis (Ortea, Espinosa & Buske, 2013)
  88. Species Hypselodoris fregona Ortea & Caballer, 2013 accepted as Felimare fregona (Ortea & Caballer, 2013) (original combination)
  89. Species Hypselodoris gasconi Ortea, 1996 accepted as Felimare gasconi (Ortea, 1996)
  90. Species Hypselodoris ghiselini Bertsch, 1978 accepted as Felimare californiensis (Bergh, 1879)
  91. Species Hypselodoris gofasi Ortea & Á. Valdés, 1996 accepted as Felimare gofasi (Ortea & Á. Valdés, 1996) (original combination)
  92. Species Hypselodoris juliae S. DaCosta, Padula & Schrödl, 2010 accepted as Felimare juliae (S. DaCosta, Padula & Schrödl, 2010) (original combination)
  93. Species Hypselodoris katerythros Yonow, 2001 accepted as Hypselodoris emma Rudman, 1977 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  94. Species Hypselodoris kayae D. K. Young, 1967 accepted as Verconia simplex (Pease, 1871) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  95. Species Hypselodoris koumacensis Rudman, 1995 accepted as Hypselodoris kaname Baba, 1994 (junior subjective synonym)
  96. Species Hypselodoris kulonba Burn, 1966 accepted as Doriprismatica kulonba (Burn, 1966) (original combination)
  97. Species Hypselodoris lajensis Troncoso, F. J. García & Urgorri, 1998 accepted as Felimare lajensis (Troncoso, F. J. García & Urgorri, 1998)
  98. Species Hypselodoris lalique Ortea & Caballer, 2013 accepted as Felimare lalique (Ortea & Caballer, 2013)
  99. Species Hypselodoris lapislazuli (Bertsch & A. J. Ferreira, 1974) accepted as Felimare lapislazuli (Bertsch & A. J. Ferreira, 1974)
  100. Species Hypselodoris lilyeveae Alejandrino & Á. Valdés, 2006 accepted as Felimare lilyeveae (Alejandrino & Á. Valdés, 2006) (original combination)
  101. Species Hypselodoris lineata (Souleyet, 1852) accepted as Hypselodoris maridadilus Rudman, 1977 (based on a junior homonym)
  102. Species Hypselodoris malacitana Luque, 1986 accepted as Felimare malacitana (Luque, 1986) (original combination)
  103. Species Hypselodoris marci Ev. Marcus, 1971 accepted as Felimare marci (Ev. Marcus, 1971) (original combination)
  104. Species Hypselodoris midatlantica Gosliner, 1990 accepted as Felimare tricolor (Cantraine, 1835)
  105. Species Hypselodoris mouaci (Risbec, 1930) accepted as Hypselodoris whitei (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)
  106. Species Hypselodoris muniainae Ortea & Á. Valdés, 1996 accepted as Felimare muniainae (Ortea & Á. Valdés, 1996) (original combination)
  107. Species Hypselodoris muniani Ortea & Á. Valdés, 1996 accepted as Hypselodoris muniainae Ortea & Á. Valdés, 1996 accepted as Felimare muniainae (Ortea & Á. Valdés, 1996) (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling)
  108. Species Hypselodoris nyalya (Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967) accepted as Felimare nyalya (Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967)
  109. Species Hypselodoris olgae Ortea & Bacallado, 2007 accepted as Felimare olgae (Ortea & Bacallado, 2007) (original combination)
  110. Species Hypselodoris orsinii (Vérany, 1846) accepted as Felimare orsinii (Vérany, 1846)
  111. Species Hypselodoris picta (R. A. Philippi, 1836) accepted as Felimare picta (R. A. Philippi, 1836) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  112. Species Hypselodoris pinna Ortea, 1988 accepted as Felimare pinna (Ortea, 1988)
  113. Species Hypselodoris porterae (T. D. A. Cockerell, 1901) accepted as Felimare porterae (T. D. A. Cockerell, 1901)
  114. Species Hypselodoris prismatica (Pease, 1860) accepted as Hypselodoris peasei (Bergh, 1880) (species not described, only varieties)
  115. Species Hypselodoris punicea Rudman, 1995 accepted as Thorunna punicea (Rudman, 1995) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  116. Species Hypselodoris ruthae Ev. Marcus & Hughes, 1974 accepted as Felimare ruthae (Ev. Marcus & Hughes, 1974) (original combination)
  117. Species Hypselodoris samueli Caballer & Ortea, 2012 accepted as Felimare samueli (Caballer & Ortea, 2012)
  118. Species Hypselodoris sycilla (Bergh, 1890) accepted as Felimare sycilla (Bergh, 1890)
  119. Species Hypselodoris tema Edmunds, 1981 accepted as Felimare tema (Edmunds, 1981) (original combination)
  120. Species Hypselodoris tricolor (Cantraine, 1835) accepted as Felimare tricolor (Cantraine, 1835)
  121. Species Hypselodoris valenciennesi (Cantraine, 1841) accepted as Felimare picta (R. A. Philippi, 1836)
  122. Species Hypselodoris vibrata (Pease, 1860) accepted as Goniobranchus vibratus (Pease, 1860)
  123. Species Hypselodoris villafranca (Risso, 1818) accepted as Felimare villafranca (Risso, 1818)
  124. Species Hypselodoris webbi (A. d'Orbigny, 1839) accepted as Felimare picta (R. A. Philippi, 1836)
  125. Species Hypselodoris xicoi Ortea & Á. Valdés, 1996 accepted as Felimare xicoi (Ortea & Á. Valdés, 1996) (original combination)
  126. Species Hypselodoris zebra (Heilprin, 1889) accepted as Felimare zebra (Heilprin, 1889)
  127. Species Hypselodoris picturata (Ehrenberg, 1831) (uncertain > nomen dubium)
  128. Species Hypselodoris versicolor (Risbec, 1928) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Stimpson, W. (1855). Descriptions of some new marine Invertebrata. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 7(10): 385-394., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1694499
page(s): 389 [details] OpenAccess publication
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Hypselodoris W. Stimpson, 1855. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137784 on 2025-04-13
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Gofas, Serge
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Vandepitte, Leen
2010-12-03 22:31:45Z
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Bouchet, Philippe
2011-01-20 17:12:03Z
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Caballer, Manuel
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Picton, Bernard
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Bouchet, Philippe
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Bouchet, Philippe
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Herbert, David

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Nomenclature

original description Stimpson, W. (1855). Descriptions of some new marine Invertebrata. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 7(10): 385-394., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1694499
page(s): 389 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Risbecia Odhner, 1934) Odhner N. H. (1934). The Nudibranchiata of British Antarctic Expedition. British Antarctic ("Terra Nova") Expedition, 1910. Natural history reports. Zoology. 7: 229-310, available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49466106
page(s): 249 [details] 

original description (of Jeanrisbecia Franc, 1968) Franc A. (1968) Sous-classe des Opisthobranches. In: P. Grasse (Ed). Traite de Zoologie 5 (3): 608-893.
page(s): 866 [details] 

original description (of Pterodoris Ehrenberg, 1831) Ehrenberg, C. G. (1828-1831). Animalia evertebrata exclusis Insectis. Series prima. In: F. G. Hemprich & C. G. Ehrenberg, Symbolae physicae, seu icones et descriptiones Mammalium, Avium, Insectorum et animalia evertebra, quae ex itinere per Africam borealem et Asiam occidentalem studio nova aut illustrata redierunt. 126 pp. (1831), 10 pls (1828)., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48517135
page(s): Mollusca, folio g [details] 

original description (of Brachychlanis Ehrenberg, 1831) Ehrenberg, C. G. (1828-1831). Animalia evertebrata exclusis Insectis. Series prima. In: F. G. Hemprich & C. G. Ehrenberg, Symbolae physicae, seu icones et descriptiones Mammalium, Avium, Insectorum et animalia evertebra, quae ex itinere per Africam borealem et Asiam occidentalem studio nova aut illustrata redierunt. 126 pp. (1831), 10 pls (1828)., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48517135
page(s): Decas prima: Mollusca, folio g, p. 4 [details] 

original description (of Doris (Pterodoris) Ehrenberg, 1831) Ehrenberg, C. G. (1828-1831). Animalia evertebrata exclusis Insectis. Series prima. In: F. G. Hemprich & C. G. Ehrenberg, Symbolae physicae, seu icones et descriptiones Mammalium, Avium, Insectorum et animalia evertebra, quae ex itinere per Africam borealem et Asiam occidentalem studio nova aut illustrata redierunt. 126 pp. (1831), 10 pls (1828)., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48517135
page(s): f [1] [details] 

basis of record Rudman, W. B. (1977). Chromodorid opisthobranch Mollusca from East Africa and the tropical West Pacific. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 61: 351-397. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Taxonomy

status source Johnson R.F. & Gosliner T.M. (2012) Traditional taxonomic groupings mask evolutionary history: A molecular phylogeny and new classification of the chromodorid nudibranchs. PLoS ONE 7(4): e33479., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0033479 [details] 

Other

additional source Ortea, J., Valdés, Á. & García-Gómez, J.C. (1996) Revisión de las especies atlánticas de la familia Chromodorididae (Mollusca: Nudibranchia) del grupo cromático azul. Avicennia suplemento 1: 1-165
page(s): 22 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Vaught, K.C.; Abbott, R.T.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Gosliner, T. M.; Johnson, R. F. (1999). Phylogeny of the monophyletic genus Hypselodoris (Molllusca: Nudibranchia: Chromodorididae) from the Indo-Pacific, with the description of twelve new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 125, 1-114. [details] 

additional source Rudman, W. B. (1984). The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: a review of the genera. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 81(2): 115-273.
page(s): 185 [details] 

additional source Rudman, W. B.; Darvell, B. W. (1990). Opisthobranch molluscs of Hong Kong: Part 1. Goniodorididae, Onchidorididae, Triophidae, Gymnodorididae, Chromodorididae (Nudibranchia). Asian Marine Biology. 7: 31-79.
page(s): 61 [details] 

 
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Classification Placed in the Family Chromodorididae in Vine,1986 . [details]
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