Taxonavigation

Familia: Dorididae
Genus: Doris
Species: Doris granulosa
Synonym: Doris flabellifera

Name

• Doris flabellifera Cheeseman, 1881
  • Authority for current placement:
  • Current status: valid species
  • Gender: unchangeable?
  • Original combination(s)/spelling(s): Doris flabellifera
  • Original genus: Doris Linnaeus, 1758 (with '?', and 'The position of the branchiae, which instead of forming a more or less complete circle round the anus are placed in a single flat row in front of it, would appear to remove this species from Doris proper; and I have little doubt but that it will ultimately form the type of a new genus')
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: syntypes
    • Fixation: automatic ('Not uncommon ...')
    • Description:
    • Repository: ?
  • Type locality: 'between tide-marks in Auckland harbour'
  • ZooBank

Primary references

• Cheeseman, T.F. 1881: On some new species of nudibranchiate Mollusca. Transactions and proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 13: 222–224. full text and pdf Reference page. 

References

• Kay, E.A.; Young, D.K. 1969: The Doridacea (Opisthobranchia; Mollusca) of the Hawaiian Islands. Pacific science, 23: 172–231.

• Valdés, Á. 2002. A phylogenetic analysis and systematic revision of the cryptobranch dorids (Mollusca, Nudibranchia, Anthobranchia). Zoological journal of the Linnean Society 136(4): 535–636. DOI: 10.1046/j.1096-3642.2002.00039.x . Reference page.  [see p. 554]