Species Polybranchia orientalis (Kelaart, 1858)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Proctonotus orientalis Kelaart, E.F. 1858. Descriptions of new and little known species of Ceylon nudibranchiate molluscs and zoophytes. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, Ceylon Branch 3: 84-139 [118].
• Phyllobranchus rubicundus Bergh, 1905.
• Branchophyllum orientale varzsagamiense Baba, 1955.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Marshall, J.G. & Willan, R.C. 1999. Nudibranchs of Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef. Leiden : Backhuys 257 pp. [44]

Generic Combinations

• Branchophyllum orientale (Kelaart, 1858).
• Phyllobranchus orientalis (Kelaart, 1858).
• Phyllobranchillus orientalis (Kelaart, 1858).
• Polybranchia orientalis (Kelaart, 1858). —
  Jensen K.R. 2007. Biogeography of the Sacoglossa (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia). Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 55: 255–281
• Phyllobranchillus prasinus (Bergh, 1905).

Distribution

States

Queensland

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. [44]

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 [50]

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