Species Pleurobranchus forskalii Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828

Museums

Regional Maps

• Pleurobranchus forskalii Rüppell E. & Leuckart F.S. 1828 [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 pp. 1-22, pl. 1-12 [1828], pp. 23-47 [probably 1830]. [18-20].
• Pleurobranchus ruppellii Issel, 1869.
• Pleurobranchus perrieri Vayssière, 1897.
• Oscanius semperi Vayssière, 1897.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Marshall, J.G. & Willan, R.C. 1999. Nudibranchs of Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef. Leiden : Backhuys 257 pp. [47]

Generic Combinations

• Oscanius marinus (Forsskål, 1776).

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. [46-47]

Wägele, H., Burghardt, I., Anthes, N., Evertsen, J., Klussmann-Kolb, A. & Brodie, G. 2006. Species diversity of opisthobranch molluscs on Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 69. 33-59 [51]

Wells, F.E. & Bryce, C.W. 1993. Sea Slugs of Western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 184 pp. [54]

History of changes