North Atlantic Register of Marine Species (NARMS)

NARMS taxon details

Aplysia dactylomela Rang, 1828

To ANSP Malacology Collection in GBIF (catalog no. 20693)

AphiaID

138753 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138753)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Aplysia Linnaeus, 1767

Original name

Aplysia dactylomela Rang, 1828

Synonymised names

Aplysia ocellata A. d'Orbigny, 1839 · unaccepted

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Rang, S. (1828). Histoire naturelle des Aplysiens. Paris: Firmin Didot. 83 pp. 24 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14983674 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Cape Verdean Exclusive Economic Zone

type locality contained in Cape Verdean Exclusive Economic Zone [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Aplysia dactylomela Rang, 1828. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=138753 on 2026-07-21

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Aplysia dactylomela Rang, 1828. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=138753 on 2026-07-21

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2021-11-04 07:50:32Z

changed

Vinarski, Maxim

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original description Rang, S. (1828). Histoire naturelle des Aplysiens. Paris: Firmin Didot. 83 pp. 24 pls. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14983674 [details]

original description (of Aplysia ocellata A. d'Orbigny, 1839) Orbigny, A. d'. (1836-1842). Mollusques, Echinodermes, Foraminifères et Polypiers recueillis aux Iles Canaries par MM. Webb et Berthelot. In: Barker-Webb, P. & Berthelot, S. (eds) Histoire naturelle des Iles Canaries, volume 2(2): 117 pp., pls 1-7, 7B. pp. 1-24 [Aug. 1839], 25-48 [Sept. 1839], 49-72 [Oct-1839], 73-104 [Jan. 1840], 105-136 [Mar. 1840], 137-143 [Apr. 1840], 145-152 [Aug. 1842]; pl. 1 [Jul. 1836], 2 [Dec. 1836], 3 [May 1842], 4-5 [June 1840], 7 [May 1842], 6, 7B [Aug. 1842]. Paris: Béthune. In: P. B. Webb & S. Berthelot (1836-1844), Histoire naturelle des Iles Canaries 2(2). Zoologie: Mollusques. Paris., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41308382
page(s): 44; pl. 5 fig. 1-4 [details]

context source (Introduced species) Valdés, Á.; Alexander, J.; Crocetta, F.; Yokes, M. B.; Giacobbe, S.; Poursanidis, D.; Zenetos, A.; Cervera, J. L.; Caballer, M.; Galil, B.; Schembri, P. (2013). The origin and dispersal pathway of the spotted sea hare Aplysia dactylomela (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia) in the Mediterranean Sea. Aquatic Invasions. 8(4): 427-436., available online at https://doi.org/10.3391/ai.2013.8.4.06 [details] Available for editors

context source (HKRMS) Tsi, C. Y. & Ma, S. T. (1982). A preliminary checklist of the marine gastropoda and Bivalvia (Mollusca) of Hong Kong and southern China. In: Proceedings of the first international marine biological workshop: The marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern China (ed. Morton, B.), vol. 1, pp431-458. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. [details]

context source (Bermuda) Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp. , 547 pp [details]

context source (PeRMS) Ramírez, R.; Paredes, C.; Arenas, J. (2003). Moluscos del Perú. Revista de Biologia Tropical. 51(supplement 3): 225-284. [details] Available for editors

context source (CoRMS) Ardila, N. E., Báez, D. P., & Valdés, Á. (2007). Babosas y liebres de mar (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia) de Colombia. Biota Colombiana. 8(2), 185–197. [details] Available for editors

additional source Gosliner, T. (1987). Nudibranchs of Southern Africa: A Guide to Opisthobranch Molluscs of Southern Africa. Sea Challengers, Monterey, California. , available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004631496
page(s): 47; note: material = Aplysia argus [details]

additional source Alexander J. & Valdés (2013) The ring doesn't mean a thing: Molecular data suggest a new taxonomy for two Pacific species of sea hares (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia, Aplysiidae). Pacific Science 67(2):283-294. , available online at https://doi.org/10.2984/67.2.10 [details]

redescription Martínez E. & Ortea J. (1990). Moluscos opistobranquios de Cabo Verde: Anaspidea (Aplysiomorpha). Publicações Ocasionais da Sociedade Portuguesa de Malacologia. 15: 17-42. [details]

redescription Thompson, T. E. (1977). Jamaican opisthobranch molluscs I. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 43: 93-140. [details] Available for editors