Species Notarchus indicus Schweigger, 1820

Museums

Regional Maps

• Notarchus indicus Schweigger, A.F. 1820. Handbuch der Naturgeschichte der skelettlosen ungegliederten Thiere. Leipzig.

  Type data:

   Status unknown, No details provided, Mauritius.
• Notarchus petaurista Iredale, 1929.

  Type data:

   Status unknown, No details provided (Dredged in about 4 fathoms (~7 metres) of water), Sow and Pigs Reef, Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, Australia.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Nimbs, M.J., Willan, R.C. & Smith, S.D.A. 2017a. Is Port Stephens, eastern Australia, a global hotspot for biodiversity of Aplysiidae (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia)? Molluscan Research 37(1): 45-65 [56, Fig. 3C]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Nimbs et al (2017) report the species being observed on the southern, western and eastern coasts of Australia. On the eastern coast, it has been observed sporadically from Proserpine, QLD to Port Jackson, NSW. Australian distribution modified following maps presented in Nimbs et al. (2017) Zoological Studies 56.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

 

General References

Coleman, N. 2008. Nudibranchs Encyclopedia. Queensland : Neville Coleman's Underwater Geographic 416 pp. [62]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Sep-2023	APLYSIOIDEA Lamarck, 1809	01-Aug-2023	MODIFIED
03-Oct-2018	HETEROBRANCHIA	29-May-2018	MODIFIED	Ingo Burghardt (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri
11-Jan-2016	OPISTHOBRANCHIA	14-May-2014	MODIFIED	Dr Robin Wilson
25-Mar-2011		25-Mar-2011	MOVED
25-Mar-2011		25-Mar-2011	MOVED
		24-Mar-2011	(import)