Introduction

Doridids are generally oval in outline, convex in section, and smooth surfaced even when the mantle is formed into nodules or pustules. More difficult to see is the entire, not notched, upper lip of the anterior foot. There are many species worldwide, including some more than 200 mm in length. Compiled from Burn (in press).

General References

Beesley, P.L., Ross, G.J.B. & Wells, A. (eds) 1998. Mollusca: The Southern Synthesis. Fauna of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 5(Part B) pp. vi–viii, 565–1234. [998]

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

History of changes

• Aphelodoris Bergh, L.S.R. 1879. Neue Chromodoriden. Malakozoologische Blätter Neue Folge 1: 87–116 [108].

  Type species:

   Aphelodoris antillensis Bergh, 1879 by original designation.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35)

History of changes

• Aphelodoris lawsae Burn, R. 1966. Notes on some opisthobranchs mainly from South Australia. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 15(2): 329–352 [337].

Introduction

Specimens compared to Aphelodoris lawsae Burns, 1966. Included here as an informal name.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Wells, F.E., Longbottom, A.F. & Longbottom, J. 2005. The marine molluscs of Esperance Bay and the Recherche Archipelago, Western Australia. pp. 289-313 in Wells, F.E., Walker, D.I. & Kendrick, G.A. (eds). Proceedings of the Twelfth International Marine Biological Workshop: The Marine Flora and Fauna of Esperance, Western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum.

Wells, F.E. & Bryce, C.W. 1993. Sea Slugs of Western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 184 pp. [94]

History of changes

• Aphelodoris berghi Odhner, N.H. 1924. New Zealand Mollusca. (Papers from Dr Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16 XIX). Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 77: 1-90 [53–54].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, North-West Coast, TAS.

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

0–30 m.

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Burn, R. 1989. Opisthobranchs (Subclass Opisthobranchia). In, Shepherd, S.A. & Thomas, I.M (eds). Marine Invertebrates of Southern Australia. Part II. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printing Division. [pl. 53.1] (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]

Coleman, N. 2001. 1001 Nudibranchs - Catalogue of Indo-Pacific Sea Slugs. Springwood, Queensland : Neville Coleman’s Underwater Geographic Pty Ltd 144 pp. [53] (as Aphelodoris berghii photo)

History of changes

• Aphelodoris gigas Wilson, N.G. 2003. Australian Aphelodoris (Mollusca: Nudibranchia): two new species, sperm ultrastructure and a redescription of Aphelodoris grenni Burn. pp. 563-587 in Wells, F.E., Walker, D.I., & Jones, D.S. (eds). Proceedings of the Eleventh International Marine Biological Workshop: The Marine Flora and Fauna of Dampier, Western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum. [564-570].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM S12641 (Col: S. Fahey, 09/08/2000, 8 m depth), north-west Enderby Island, Dampier Archipelago, WA [20°35.119’S, 116°28.908’E].
  Paratype(s) WAM S12715, same data as holotype; AMS C203864, same data as holotype.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

History of changes

• Aphelodoris greeni Burn, R. 1966. Notes on some opisthobranchs mainly from South Australia. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 15(2): 329–352 [342-343].

  Type data:

   Holotype QVM 1965.9.3, Green's Beach, Tamar River Estuary, TAS.
  Paratype(s) QVM 1965.9.1; QVM 1965.9.2.

Distribution

States

Tasmania

IMCRA

Bass Strait Shelf Province (35)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

History of changes

• Aphelodoris karpa Wilson, N.G. 2003. Australian Aphelodoris (Mollusca: Nudibranchia): two new species, sperm ultrastructure and a redescription of Aphelodoris grenni Burn. pp. 563-587 in Wells, F.E., Walker, D.I., & Jones, D.S. (eds). Proceedings of the Eleventh International Marine Biological Workshop: The Marine Flora and Fauna of Dampier, Western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum. [571-574].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM S12619 (Col: N. Wilson, 27/07/2000, 7 m depth), south-west West Lewis Island, Dampier Archipelago, WA [20°36.249’S, 116°35.710’E].
  Paratype(s) WAM S12716, same data as holotype; AMS C204865, Enderby Island, Dampier Archipelago, WA.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

History of changes

• Aphelodoris lawsaw Burn, R. 1966. Notes on some opisthobranchs mainly from South Australia. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 15(2): 329–352 [337].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA D.14872 1 specimen, reef, Christies Beach, near Adelaide, Gulf St Vincent, SA.
  Paratype(s) SAMA D.14873; SAMA D.14880, Sir Joseph Banks Group, Spencer Gulf, SA.

Distribution

States

South Australia

IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Willan, R.C. & Coleman, N. 1984. Nudibranchs of Australasia. Caringbah, New South Wales : Australasian Marine Photographic Index 56 pp. [115]

History of changes

• Aphelodoris rossquicki Burn, R. 1966. Notes on some opisthobranchs mainly from South Australia. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 15(2): 329–352 [339–341, figs 10–11, 31].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV F.25,659 1 specimen, Ocean Beach, Flinders, VIC.
  Paratype(s) NMV F.26,130; NMV F.20,112.

Distribution

States

Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

0–50 m.

IMCRA

Bass Strait Shelf Province (35)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

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]

Coleman, N. 2001. 1001 Nudibranchs - Catalogue of Indo-Pacific Sea Slugs. Springwood, Queensland : Neville Coleman’s Underwater Geographic Pty Ltd 144 pp. [54] (as Aphelodoris cf. varia AMPI 375 photo)

History of changes

• 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

• Atagema Gray, M.E. 1850. Figures of molluscous animals, selected from various authors. London : Longmans, Brown & Green Vol. 4 124 pp. [104].

  Type species:

   Doris carinata Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 by original designation.
• Trippa Bergh, L.S.R. 1877. Kritische Untersuchung der Ehrenberg'schen Doriden. Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft 4(1): 45–76 [63].

  Type species:

   Trippa ornata Bergh, 1877 by original designation.
• Phlegmodoris Bergh, L.S.R. 1878. Malacologische Untersuchungen. In, Semper, C.G. (ed.). Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen. Wissenschaftliche Resultate. Band 2, Theil 2, Heft 13. [593].
• Petelodoris Bergh, 1882 [Verhandlungen der k.-k. zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 31: 227].

  Type species:

   Petelodoris triphylla Bergh, 1882 by monotypy.
• Glossodoridiformia O'Donoghue, 1927 [Journal of Entomology and Zoology (Pomona College Department of Zoology, Claremont, California), 19(1-4): 87].

  Type species:

   Glossodoridiformia alba O'Donoghue, 1927 by original designation.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Valdés, A. & Gosliner, T.M. 2001. Systematics and phylogeny of the caryphyllidia-bearing dorids (Mollusca, Nudibranchia) with descriptions of a new genus and four new species from Indo-Pacific deep waters. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 133: 103–198 [111]

Distribution

States

Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40)

General References

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 [26] (as Trippa; discussion of synonymy)

History of changes

• Trippa albata Burn, R. 1962. Descriptions of Victorian nudibranchiate Mollusca, with a comprehensive review of the Eolidacea. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 25: 95–128 [101, fig. 5].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Sutherlands Bay, Phillip Island, VIC.

Generic Combinations

• Atagema albata (Burn, 1962). —
  Valdés, A. & Gosliner, T.M. 2001. Systematics and phylogeny of the caryphyllidia-bearing dorids (Mollusca, Nudibranchia) with descriptions of a new genus and four new species from Indo-Pacific deep waters. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 133: 103–198

Distribution

States

Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

0–74 m.

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

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 [26] (as Trippa albata Burn, 1962)

History of changes

• Doris intecta Kelaart, E.F. 1858. Descriptions of new and little known species of Ceylon nudibranchiate molluscs and zoophytes. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, Ceylon Branch 3: 84-139 [107].
• Goniodoris erinaceus Crosse in Angas, 1864.
• Trippa ornata Bergh, 1877.
• Trippa affinis Bergh, 1905.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Marshall, J.G. & Willan, R.C. 1999. Nudibranchs of Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef. Leiden : Backhuys 257 pp. [85]

Generic Combinations

• Trippa erinaceus (Crosse in Angas, 1864).
• Atagema intecta (Kelaart, 1858).
• Trippa intecta (Kelaart, 1858). —
  Wells, F.E. & Bryce, C.W. 1993. Sea Slugs of Western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 184 pp. [111, species 137]

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Marshall, J.G. & Willan, R.C. 1999. Nudibranchs of Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef. Leiden : Backhuys 257 pp. [85]

History of changes

• Doris ornata Ehrenberg, 1831.

Generic Combinations

• Atagema ornata (Ehrenberg, 1831). —
  Cobb, G. & Willan, R.C. 2006. Undersea Jewels. A Colour Guide to Nudibranchs. Canberra : Australian Biological Resources Study 310 pp. [187]

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

History of changes

• Trippa osseosa Kelaart, E.F. 1858. Descriptions of new and little known species of Ceylon nudibranchiate molluscs and zoophytes. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, Ceylon Branch 3: 84-139.

Generic Combinations

• Atagema osseosa (Kelaart, 1858).

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Rudman, W.B. 1998. Atagema osseosa (Kelaart, 1859). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet.cfm?base=triposse.

History of changes

• Doris spongiosa Kelaart, E.F. 1858. Descriptions of new and little known species of Ceylon nudibranchiate molluscs and zoophytes. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, Ceylon Branch 3: 84-139 [108].

Generic Combinations

• Atagema spongiosa (Kelaart, 1858).
• Trippa spongiosa (Kelaart, 1858). —
  Wells, F.E. & Bryce, C.W. 1993. Sea Slugs of Western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 184 pp. [111, species 138]

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Marshall, J.G. & Willan, R.C. 1999. Nudibranchs of Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef. Leiden : Backhuys 257 pp. [85]

History of changes

• Doriopsis Pease, W.H. 1860. Descriptions of new species of Mollusca from the Sandwich Islands. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 28: 18–36 [32].

  Type species:

   Doriopsis granulosa Pease, 1860 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Queensland, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

New Zealand

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

History of changes

• Doris flabellifera Cheeseman, T.F. 1881. On some new species of nudibranchiate Mollusca. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 13: 222–224 [222–223].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Auckland Harbour, New Zealand.

Generic Combinations

• Doriopsis flabellifera (Chesseman, 1881). —
  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 [24]

Distribution

States

Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

0–20 m. New Zealand

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

History of changes

• Ctenodoris granulosa Pease, W.H. 1860. Descriptions of new species of Mollusca from the Sandwich Islands. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 28: 18–36 [32-33].
• Doriopsis scabra Pease, 1871.
• Doris (Ctenodoris) aurantiaca Eliot, 1913.
• Guyonia flava Risbec, 1928.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Marshall, J.G. & Willan, R.C. 1999. Nudibranchs of Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef. Leiden : Backhuys 257 pp. [75]

Generic Combinations

• Doriopsilla granulosa (Pease, 1860).

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Marshall, J.G. & Willan, R.C. 1999. Nudibranchs of Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef. Leiden : Backhuys 257 pp. [74]

History of changes

• Doris pecten Collingwood, C. 1881. On some new species of nudibranchiate mollusca from the eastern seas. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 2nd Series Zoology 2: 123–140 [126].

Generic Combinations

• Doriopsilla pecten (Collingwood, 1881).
• Ctenodoris pecten (Collingwood, 1881).
• Doriopsis pectin (Collingwood, 1881).

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Marshall, J.G. & Willan, R.C. 1999. Nudibranchs of Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef. Leiden : Backhuys 257 pp. [75]

History of changes