Species Bursatella hirsuta Nimbs & Wilson, 2020

Museums

Regional Maps

• Bursatella hirsuta Nimbs, M. & Wilson, N. 2020. Description of a new species of Bursatella Blainville, 1817 (Gastropoda, Aplysiida, Aplysiidae) from southern Australia. Molluscan Research 40: 369-378 [4].
  Zoobank Registration Number:urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:E7A73AE5-0E04-428C- 93E7-5115FE062CB

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM S72581 (coll. M. J. Nimbs, 21 Mar. 2017), Woodman Point, WA [32° 8’2.73"S, 115°44’31.43"E].
  Paratype(s) WAM S72579, same as Holotype; AMS numerous (coll. A. & S. Brown, 18 Jan. 2018), Marion Bay, SA [35°14’16.50"S, 136°59’2.73"E].

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Bursatella sp. —
  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 [10]

 

Introduction

According to Wells et al. (2021) the species exhibits boom-and-bust population stretegy on Rottnest Island, on an intertidal limestone platform stretching between Little Armstrong Bay and North Point. The species was present in February 2021 but had disappeared by late March 2021.

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35)

Distribution References

General References

Wells, FE, Bessey C, Gagnon MM, Keesing JK, Prince J. 2021. A recurring population of the sea hare Bursatella hirsuta (Gastropoda: Aplysiidae) at Rottnest Island, Western Australia. Molluscan Research 41(4): 285-288

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Sep-2023	APLYSIOIDEA Lamarck, 1809	24-Feb-2023	MODIFIED
	APLYSIIDAE Lamarck, 1809	28-Jan-2022	ADDED