Species Dolabella auricularia (Lightfoot, 1786)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Patella auricularia Lightfoot, J. 1786. A Catalogue of the Portland Museum, lately the property of the Duchess Dowager of Portland: deceased which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Skinner and Co., etc. London viii, 194 pp. + 44 pp. [154].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, No details provided (Type locality was reported as "Amboyna"), Island of Ambon, Indonesia.
• Dolabella callosa Lamarck, J.B. 1801. Système des animaux sans vertèbres, ou, tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaus; présentant leurs caractères essentials et leur distribution, d'après la considération de leurs rapports naturels et de leur organisation, et suivant l'arrangement établi dans les galeries du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, parmi leurs dépouilles conservées; précéde du Discours d'ouverture de l'an VIII de la République. Paris : Déterville viii 432 pp.

  Type data:

   Status unknown, No details provided.
• Dolabella andersoni Allan, J.K. 1941. Australian sea hares and tailed sea-slugs. The Victorian Naturalist 57: 178–182.

  Type data:

   Status unknown, No details provided, New South Wales, Australia.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Marshall, J.G. & Willan, R.C. 1999. Nudibranchs of Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef. Leiden : Backhuys 257 pp. [28] (synonyms follow this publication)
• Nimbs, M.J., Willan, R.C. & Smith, S.D.A. 2017a. Is Port Stephens, eastern Australia, a global hotspot for biodiversity of Aplysiidae (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia)? Molluscan Research 37(1): 45-65 [54, Fig. 3A]

 

Generic Combinations

• Dolabella auricularia (Lightfoot, 1786). —
  Wells, F.E. & Bryce, C.W. 1993. Sea Slugs of Western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 184 pp. [46]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Nimbs et al (2017a, b) report that the species occurs in tropical and subtropical Australian waters in shallow bays, lagoons and large intertidal rock pools along the entire length of the NSW coast.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Low intertidal to 30 m

 

General References

Marshall, J.G. & Willan, R.C. 1999. Nudibranchs of Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef. Leiden : Backhuys 257 pp. [28]

Wells, F.E. & Bryce, C.W. 1993. Sea Slugs of Western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 184 pp. [46]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Sep-2023	APLYSIOIDEA Lamarck, 1809	07-Aug-2024	MODIFIED
03-Oct-2018	HETEROBRANCHIA	29-May-2018	MODIFIED	Ingo Burghardt (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri
11-Jan-2016	OPISTHOBRANCHIA	23-Jun-2014	MODIFIED	Dr Robin Wilson
25-Mar-2011		25-Mar-2011	MOVED
25-Mar-2011		25-Mar-2011	MOVED
		24-Mar-2011	(import)