Species Baeolidia moebii Bergh, 1888

Museums

Regional Maps

• Baeolidia moebii Bergh, L. S. R. 1889. Malacologische Untersuchungen, 2. Nudibranchien von Meer der Insel Mauritius. In, Semper, C.G. (ed). Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen. 3 Vol. 16(2) pp. 755-872. [778].
• Baeolidia major Eliot, C.N.E. 1903. On some nudibranchs from East Africa and Zanzibar: Part 2. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 2: 250-257 [252-254].
• Baeolidia major amakusana Baba, 1937.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Marshall, J.G. & Willan, R.C. 1999. Nudibranchs of Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef. Leiden : Backhuys 257 pp. [153-154]
• Carmona, L., Pola, M., Gosliner, T.M. & Cervera, J.L. 2013. A tale that morphology fails to tell: A molecular phylogeny of Aeolidiidae (Aeolidida, Nudibranchia, Gastropoda). PLoS ONE (Public Library of Science) 8(5): e63000 [8]

 

Generic Combinations

• Berghia amakusana (Baba, 1937).
• Spurilla major (Eliot, 1903).
• Berghia major (Eliot, 1903). —
  Gosliner, T.M. 1979. The Systematics of the Aeolidacea (Nudibranchia: Mollusca) of the Hawaiian Islands, with Descriptions of Two New Species. Pacific Science 33(1): 37-77 [69]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Tropical Indo-Pacific Ocean.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Low intertidal to 12 m.

 

General References

Wells, F.E. & Bryce, C.W. 1993. Sea Slugs of Western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 184 pp. [154] (as "Spurilla major")

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
	NUDIBRANCHIA	30-Apr-2025	ADDED