Species Berghia major (Eliot, 1903)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Baeolidia major Eliot, C.N.E. 1903. On some nudibranchs from East Africa and Zanzibar: Part 2. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 2: 250-257 [252-254].
• Baeolidia major amakusana Baba, 1937.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Marshall, J.G. & Willan, R.C. 1999. Nudibranchs of Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef. Leiden : Backhuys 257 pp. [154]

 

Generic Combinations

• Berghia amakusana (Baba, 1937).
• Spurilla major (Eliot, 1903).
• Berghia major (Eliot, 1903).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Tropical Indo-Pacific Ocean

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Low intertidal to 12 m.

 

General References

Marshall, J.G. & Willan, R.C. 1999. Nudibranchs of Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef. Leiden : Backhuys 257 pp. [153-154]

Wells, F.E. & Bryce, C.W. 1993. Sea Slugs of Western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 184 pp. [154] (as "Spurilla major")

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Dec-2011	OPISTHOBRANCHIA	01-Dec-2011	MOVED	Dr Robin Wilson
01-Dec-2011		01-Dec-2011	MOVED
11-Jan-2016		04-Oct-2011	MODIFIED
		01-May-2014	MODIFIED