Species Phyllidia elegans Bergh, 1869

Museums

Regional Maps

• Phyllidia elegans Bergh, L.S.R. 1869. Bidrag til en Monographi af Phyllidierne. Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift Stiftet af Henrik Kroyer Kjöbenhavn Series B 5: 357–542 [439-454, 506-507, pls 18b, 19].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMUC, Indonesia.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Brunckhorst, D.J. 1993. The systematics and phylogeny of phyllidiid nudibranchs (Doridoidea). Records of the Australian Museum, Supplement 16: 1-107 [33]

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Phyllidia multifaria Yonow, 1986 [Type data: Holotype BMNH 1985.207/1.]. —
  Yonow, N. 1986. Red Sea Phyllidiidac (Mollusca: Nudibranchia) with descriptions of new species. Journal of Natural History 20(6): 1401-1428 [1408-1409, figs 4, 11b-h] (Incorrectly synonymised with Phyllidia elegans)

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Western Pacific and Indian oceans, including the Red Sea

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Province (2), Christmas Island Province (23), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

 

General References

Marshall, J.G. & Willan, R.C. 1999. Nudibranchs of Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef. Leiden : Backhuys 257 pp. [122]

Wells, F.E. & Bryce, C.W. 1993. Sea Slugs of Western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 184 pp. [146]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Sep-2023	NUDIBRANCHIA	15-Feb-2023	MODIFIED
30-Nov-2011	OPISTHOBRANCHIA	30-Nov-2011	MOVED	Dr Robin Wilson
		01-May-2014	MODIFIED