Species Hexabranchus sanguineus (Rüppell & Leuckart, 1830)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Doris sanguinea Rüppell, E. & Leuckart, F.S. 1830 [1828-1830]. Mollusca [in] Atlas zu des Reise im Nordlichen Afrika von Eduard Rüppell. 1. Abth. Zoologie. 5. Neue wirbellose Thiere des Rothen Meers. Frankfurt : H.L. Brönner 1-22, pl. 1-12 [1828], pp. 23-47 [probably 1830]. [28-29].
• Hexabranchus praetextus Ehrenberg, 1828.
• Doris flammulatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1832.
• Doris marginatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1832.
• Doris cardinalis Gould, 1852.
• Doris sandwichensis Eydoux & Souleyet, 1852.
• Hexabranchus pulchellus Pease, 1860.
• Hexabranchus pellucidus Abraham, 1876.
• Hexabranchus suezensis Abraham, 1876.
• Hexabranchus aneiteumensis Abraham, 1877.
• Hexabranchus maruitianus Abraham, 1877.
• Hexabranchus orbicularis Abraham, 1877.
• Hexabranchus aneitus Bergh, 1878.
• Hexabranchus faustus Bergh, 1878.
• Albania formosa Collingwood, 1881.
• Hexabranchus plicatus Hägg, 1901.
• Hexabranchus imperialis Kent, 1897.
• Hexabranchus digitatus Eliot, 1906.
• Hexabranchus tinkeri Ostergaard, 1955.
• Hexabranchus aureomarginatus Ostergaard, 1955.
• Doris lacer Cuvier, 1804.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Marshall, J.G. & Willan, R.C. 1999. Nudibranchs of Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef. Leiden : Backhuys 257 pp. [49]

Generic Combinations

• Hexabranchus sanguineus (Rüppell & Leuckart, 1830).

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

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. [48-50]

Rudman, W.B. 1986. The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: Noumea purpurea and Chromodoris decora colour groups. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 86: 309-353 [347-350] (as Hexabranchus sp.)

Valdes, A. 2002. How many species of Hexabranchus (Opisthobranchia: Dorididae) are there? Molluscan Research 22: 289-301 ("although H. lacer is the senior synonym, according to the provisions of the International Code of Nomenclature, the name H. sanguineaus has precedence over H. lacer")

Wells, F.E. & Bryce, C.W. 1993. Sea Slugs of Western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 184 pp. [93]

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