Type specimens of Aplysiida (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia) in the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, with taxonomic remarks
Author
Cunha, Carlo M.
Author
Rosenberg, Gary
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Zoosystematics and Evolution
2019
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.95.33707
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zse.95.33707
1860-0743-2-361
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Aplysia aequorea Heilprin, 1888
Figure 1A, B
Aplysia aequorea
Heilprin, 1888: 325-327, pl. 16, figs 2-2b.
Type locality.
South side of Castle Harbor, opposite
Tucker's
Town, Bermuda.
Type material.
Holotype (monotypy), ANSP A7030, 1 specimen (dehydrated but subsequently put back on alcohol, 33.2 mm long preserved); ANSP 66519, 1 shell (35 mm) (A. Heilprin coll. 1888), removed from body of holotype by Heilprin.
Remarks.
Heilprin (1888)
stated that he examined a single specimen. We do not illustrate the rehydrated alcohol specimen as it is a blackened mass without visible distinguishing features.
Current systematic position.
Aplysia dactylomela
Rang, 1828 (fide
Valdes
et al. 2013
).
Figure 1. Aplysiida types. A. Holotype of
Aplysia aequorea
(=
A. dactylomela
), shell, L 35 mm, ANSP 66519 in dorsal view. B. Same, in ventral view.
C-G
. Types of
A. badistes
, C. Shell, L 18.7 mm, ANSP 187712 in dorsal view. D. Same, in ventral view. E. Same species, whole specimen, L 45.8mm, ANSP A7028 in dorsal view. F. Same, in ventral view. G. Same, in right lateral view.
H-J
. Syntypes of
A. benedicti
(=
Aplysia argus
), whole specimens ANSP A7027. H. Specimen L 79 mm in dorsal view. I. Same, in right lateral view. J. Specimen L 76 mm in right lateral view.