Species Diversidoris sulphurea (Rudman, 1986)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Noumea sulphurea Rudman, W.B. 1986. The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: Noumea flava colour groups. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 88: 377–404 [384].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Johnson, R.F. & Gosliner, T.M. 2012. Traditional Taxonomic Groupings Mask Evolutionary History: A Molecular Phylogeny and New Classification of the Chromodorid Nudibranchs. PLoS ONE (Public Library of Science) 7(4): e33479 (tentatively transferred from previous position in former genus Noumea based on molecular phylogenetic data; see supplementary table 2)

Generic Combinations

• Diversidoris sulphurea (Rudman, 1986).

Distribution

States

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

Extra Distribution Information

0–12 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 [23]

Coleman, N. 2001. 1001 Nudibranchs - Catalogue of Indo-Pacific Sea Slugs. Springwood, Queensland : Neville Coleman’s Underwater Geographic Pty Ltd 144 pp. [84] (photo)

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