Species Placida dendritica (Alder & Hancock, 1843)

• Calliopoea dendritica Alder, J. & Hancock, A. 1843. Notice of a British species of Calliopaea, D'Orbigny, and of four new species of Eolis, with observations on the development and structure of the nudibranchiate Mollusca. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 12: 233–238 [233].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Torbay, England.
• Hermaea aoteana Powell, 1937.
• Hermaea capensis Macnae, 1954.
• Placida aoteana Powell, 1937.
• Placida fralila Burn, 1966.
• Placida babai Ev. Marcus, 1982.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Marshall, J.G. & Willan, R.C. 1999. Nudibranchs of Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef. Leiden : Backhuys 257 pp. [41]

 

Generic Combinations

• Hermaea dendritica (Alder & Hancock, 1843).
• Placida dendritica (Alder & Hancock, 1843).

 

Distribution

States

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

Extra Distribution Information

0–10 m.

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

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. 47.4] (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

Coleman, N. 2001. 1001 Nudibranchs - Catalogue of Indo-Pacific Sea Slugs. Springwood, Queensland : Neville Coleman’s Underwater Geographic Pty Ltd 144 pp. [133] (photo)

Marshall, J.G. & Willan, R.C. 1999. Nudibranchs of Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef. Leiden : Backhuys 257 pp. [41]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
30-Nov-2011	OPISTHOBRANCHIA	30-Nov-2011	MOVED	Dr Robin Wilson
11-Jan-2016		09-Nov-2011	MODIFIED
		15-Jun-2011	MODIFIED