Dolabrifera dolabrifera

Dolabrifera dolabrifera
A live individual of Dolabrifera dolabrifera, head end at the upper left
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura
clade Euopisthobranchia
clade Aplysiomorpha
Superfamily: Aplysioidea
Family: Aplysiidae
Genus: Dolabrifera
Species: D. dolabrifera
Binomial name
Dolabrifera dolabrifera
(Rang, 1828)
Synonyms[1]
  • Aplysia ascifera Rang, 1828
  • Aplysia dolabrifera Cuvier, 1817[2] (nomen nudum)
  • Aplysia oahouensis Souleyet, 1852
  • Dolabrifera ascifera (Rang, 1828)
  • Dolabrifera cuvieri H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 (unnecessary substitute name for Dolabrifera dolabrifera)
  • Dolabrifera maillardi Deshayes, 1863
  • Dolabrifera nicaraguana Pilsbry, 1896
  • Dolabrifera olivacea Pease, 1860
  • Dolabrifera sowerbyi G.B. Sowerby II, 1868
  • Dolabrifera swiftii Pilsbry, 1896
  • Dolabrifera virens A. E. Verrill, 1901

Dolabrifera dolabrifera is a species of sea hare, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Aplysiidae, the sea hares.[3]

Distribution

This species occurs worldwide in tropical and subtropical seas and oceans.

Description

The maximum recorded length is 108 mm.[4]

Habitat

The minimum recorded depth for this species is 0 m; the maximum recorded depth is 3 m.[4]

Life cycle

Dolabrifera dolabrifera egg ribbon 5 days old
Dolabrifera dolabrifera egg 7 days old, just before hatching
Veliger larva of sea hare Dolabrifera dolabrifera, one day after hatching

References

  1. ↑ Rudman W. B. (2003) "Dolabrifera dolabrifera (Rang, 1828) ". SeaSlugForum, accessed 16 September 2011.
  2. ↑ Cuvier G. L. (1817). La Règne Animal. Volume 2. (Gasteropodes), Volume 4.
  3. ↑ Bouchet, P. (2010). Dolabrifera dolabrifera (Rang, 1828). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=224652 on 31 March 2012
  4. 1 2 Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.

Further reading

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