Species Aphelodoris varia (Abraham, 1877)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Doris varia Abraham, P.S. 1877. Revision of the anthobranchiate nudibranchiate Mollusca, with descriptions or notices of forty-one hitherto undescribed species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1877: 196–269 [209].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Port Jackson, NSW.
• Doris variabilis Angas, G.F. 1864. Description d'espèces nouvelles appartenant à plusieurs genres de Mollusques nudibranches des environs de Port Jackson, (Nouvelles-Galles du Sud), accompagnée de dessins faits d'après nature. Journal de Conchyliologie 12: 43–70 [44, pl. 4, fig. 1] [non Kelaart, 1858].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Burn, R. 2006. A checklist and bibliography of the Opisthobranchia (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Victoria and the Bass Strait area, south-eastern Australia. Museum Victoria Science Report 10: 1-42

Generic Combinations

• Aphelodoris varia (Abraham, 1877). —
  Edgar, G.J. 1997. Australian Marine Life, the plants and animals of temperate waters. Kew, Victoria, Australia : Reed Books 544 pp. [278, photo]
  Coleman, N. 2001. 1001 Nudibranchs - Catalogue of Indo-Pacific Sea Slugs. Springwood, Queensland : Neville Coleman’s Underwater Geographic Pty Ltd 144 pp. [54, photo]
  Burn, R. 2006. A checklist and bibliography of the Opisthobranchia (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Victoria and the Bass Strait area, south-eastern Australia. Museum Victoria Science Report 10: 1-42 [23]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

0–20 m.

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

History of changes