Species Stylocheilus longicauda (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Aplysia longicauda Quoy, J.R.C. & Gaimard, J.P. 1824. Zoologie. In, Freycinet, L.C.D. (ed). Voyage Autour du Monde Exécute sur l'Uranie et la Physicienne pendant les années 1817–1820. Vol. iv, 712 pp. [421-422].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, No details provided, off New Guinea.

 

Generic Combinations

• Stylocheilus longicauda (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824). —
  Gould, A.A. 1852. Mollusca and shells. United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, under the command of Charles Wilkes, U. S. N. 12: 1-510

 

Introduction

Rudman (1999) notes that the species has been constantly misidentified as Stylocheilus striatus.


Bazzicalupo et al. (2020) notes that no specimens of Stylocheilus longicauda were included in their investigation of the systematics of Stylocheilus as the species is pelagic and required additional methods and effort. They suggest that S. longicauda could well be a single pantropical species or could be a complex of species, or an ecotype of Stylocheilus species that are benthic. Further investigation is necessary to determine the nature of S. longicauda and its relationship to other Stylocheilus spp.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Circumtropical Nimbs et al (2017) report the species in NSW from Brunswick Heads and Coffs Harbour. Australian distribution modified following maps presented in Nimbs et al. (2017) Zoological Studies 56.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Norfolk Island Province (21), Northern Shelf Province (25), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), 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.

 

General References

Bazzicalupo, E., Crocetta, F., Gosliner, T.M., Berteaux-Lecellier, V., Camacho-García, Y.E., Chandran, B.K.S. & Valdés, Á. 2020. Molecular and morphological systematics of Bursatella leachii de Blainville, 1817 and Stylocheilus striatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 reveal cryptic diversity in pantropically distributed taxa (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Heterobranchia). Invertebrate Systematics 34: 553–564

Marshall, J.G. & Willan, R.C. 1999. Nudibranchs of Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef. Leiden : Backhuys 257 pp. [29]

Rudman, W.B. 1999. Stylocheilus longicauda & Stylocheilus citrina Nomenclatural discussion. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/stylnome

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	02-Aug-2023	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)