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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