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WoRMS taxon details

Dondice occidentalis (Engel, 1925)

181246  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:181246)

  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. Cladobranchia (Suborder)
  11. Aeolidioidea (Superfamily)
  12. Myrrhinidae (Family)
  13. Dondice (Genus)
  14. Dondice occidentalis (Species)
accepted
Species
Caloria occidentalis Engel, 1925 · unaccepted (original combination)
Nanuca occidentalis (Engel, 1925) · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Caloria occidentalis Engel, 1925) Engel H. (1925). Westindische opisthobranchiate Mollusken. Bijdragen tot de kennis der fauna van Curaçao. Resultaten eener reis van Dr. C. J. van der Horst in 1920. Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde. 24: 33-80., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/548213
page(s): 73, figs 7-15 [details] 
Type locality contained in Jamaican Exclusive Economic Zone  
type locality contained in Jamaican Exclusive Economic Zone [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Dondice occidentalis (Engel, 1925). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=181246 on 2025-05-09
Date
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2005-09-09 10:04:57Z
created
Gofas, Serge
2018-04-19 05:09:53Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe
2021-08-10 20:55:36Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe
2022-08-16 09:00:39Z
changed
Picton, Bernard

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Nomenclature

original description (of Caloria occidentalis Engel, 1925) Engel H. (1925). Westindische opisthobranchiate Mollusken. Bijdragen tot de kennis der fauna van Curaçao. Resultaten eener reis van Dr. C. J. van der Horst in 1920. Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde. 24: 33-80., available online at http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/548213
page(s): 73, figs 7-15 [details] 

new combination reference Marcus, Er. (1958). On western Atlantic opisthobranchiate gastropods. American Museum Novitates. 1906: 1-82., available online at http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/handle/2246/5128
page(s): 62, figs 97-104 [details] 

Taxonomy

redescription Thompson, T. E. (1980). Jamaican opisthobranch molluscs II. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 46(1):74-99. [details] 

status source García-Méndez, K.; Padula, V.; Valdés, Á. (2022). Integrative systematics of the genus Dondice Marcus, 1958 (Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Myrrhinidae) in the Western Atlantic. Marine Biodiversity. 52(5)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-022-01273-5 [details] 

Other

additional source Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: 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  PDF available [request]

 
EMODnet BathymetrySource: EMODnet Bathymetry
Countries
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

    Definitions

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To Barcode of Life (8 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Nanuca occidentalis) (from synonym Nanuca occidentalis (Engel, 1925))
To GenBank (55 nucleotides; 27 proteins) 
To GenBank (55 nucleotides; 27 proteins) (from synonym Caloria occidentalis Engel, 1925)
To GenBank (55 nucleotides; 27 proteins) (from synonym Nanuca occidentalis (Engel, 1925))
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ 1276036_IMG_0643) 
To PESI 
To Sea Slug Forum (via archive.org) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection 
To ITIS
Unreviewed
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ 1276036_IMG_0643)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ 1276036_IMG_0643)
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