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Aplysia willcoxi Heilprin, 1887

160033 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:160033)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia
  3. Mollusca
  4. Gastropoda
  5. Heterobranchia
  6. Euthyneura
  7. Tectipleura
  8. Aplysiida
  9. Aplysioidea
  10. Aplysiidae
  11. Aplysiinae
  12. Aplysia
  13. Aplysia willcoxi
 unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Aplysia fasciata Poiret, 1789
Species
Aplysia Linnaeus, 1767
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Heilprin, A. (1887). A new species of <i>Aplysia</i>. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 38: 364., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1687575 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Aplysia willcoxi Heilprin, 1887. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=160033 on 2026-08-31
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Aplysia willcoxi Heilprin, 1887. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=160033 on 2026-08-31
Date
action
by
2005-05-30 15:38:04Z
created
Claus, Simon
2010-03-31 06:40:42Z
changed
Rosenberg, Gary
2019-06-20 05:01:28Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe
2023-06-20 00:44:22Z
changed
Auffenberg, Kurt

original description Heilprin, A. (1887). A new species of <i>Aplysia</i>. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 38: 364., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1687575 [details] 

basis of record Abbott, R. T. (1974). <i>American seashells. The marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America</i>. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls. [October 1974]. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Cunha, C. M.; Rosenberg, G. (2019). Type specimens of Aplysiida (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia) in the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, with taxonomic remarks. <em>Zoosystematics and Evolution.</em> 95(2): 361-372., available online at https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.95.33707
page(s): 370, figs 6A-D [details] 

additional source Heilprin, A. (1886-1887). Explorations on the West Coast of Florida and in the Okeechobee Wilderness; with special reference to the geology and zoology of the Floridian Peninsula. vii + 134 pp. <em>Transactions of the Wagner Free Institute of Science, Philadelphia.</em> 1: 1-136, 19 pls [65-127 (1886); i-xiv, 1-64, 128-136, 19 pls (1887)]., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/21811453
page(s): 130, pl. 19 [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] 
 
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