Species Hexabranchus sanguineus (Rüppell & Leuckart, 1830)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Doris sanguinea Rüppell, E. & Leuckart, F.S. 1830 [1828-1830]. Mollusca [in] Atlas zu des Reise im Nordlichen Afrika von Eduard Rüppell. 1. Abth. Zoologie. 5. Neue wirbellose Thiere des Rothen Meers. Frankfurt : H.L. Brönner 1-22, pl. 1-12 [1828], pp. 23-47 [probably 1830]. [28-29].
• Hexabranchus praetextus Ehrenberg, 1828.
• Hexabranchus pellucidulus Abraham, 1876 [nomen dubium].
• Hexabranchus suezensis Abraham, 1876.
• Hexabranchus aneiteumensis Abraham, 1877 [nomen dubium].
• Hexabranchus mauritianus Abraham, 1877 [nomen dubium].
• Albania formosa Collingwood, 1881.
• Hexabranchus plicatus Hägg, 1901.
• Hexabranchus imperialis Kent, 1897 [nomen dubium].
• Hexabranchus digitatus Eliot, 1906 [nomen dubium].
• Hexabranchus tinkeri Ostergaard, 1955.
• Hexabranchus aureomarginatus Ostergaard, 1955.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Marshall, J.G. & Willan, R.C. 1999. Nudibranchs of Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef. Leiden : Backhuys 257 pp. [49]
• Tibiriçá, Y., Pola, M., Pittman, C., Gosliner, T.M., Malaquias, M.A. & Cervera, J.L. 2023. A Spanish dancer? No! A troupe of dancers: a review of the family Hexabranchidae Bergh, 1891 (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia, Nudibranchia). Organisms Diversity & Evolution 23: 697-742 [711-716]

Generic Combinations

• Hexabranchus sanguineus (Rüppell & Leuckart, 1830). —
  Abraham, P.S. 1876. Notes on some genera of nudibranchiate Mollusca, with notices of a new genus and some hitherto undescribed species in the collection of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 18: 132–146 [135]

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Doris sandwichensis Eydoux & Souleyet, 1852 [misidentification, see Tibiriçá et al., 2023].
• Doris cardinalis Gould, 1852 [misidentification, see Tibiriçá et al., 2023].
• Hexabranchus sandwichensis Eydoux & Souleyet, 1852 [misidentification, see Tibiriçá et al., 2023].
• Hexabranchus pulchellus Pease, 1860 [misidentification, see Tibiriçá et al. 2023].
• Hexabranchus tinkeri Ostergaard, 1955 tinkeri Ostergaard, 1955 [misidentification, see Tibiriçá et al., 2023].
• Hexabranchus aureomarginatus Ostergaard, 1955 [misidentification, see Tibiriçá et al., 2023].

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Marshall, J.G. & Willan, R.C. 1999. Nudibranchs of Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef. Leiden : Backhuys 257 pp. [48-50]

Rudman, W.B. 1986. The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: Noumea purpurea and Chromodoris decora colour groups. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 86: 309-353 [347-350] (as Hexabranchus sp.)

Valdes, A. 2002. How many species of Hexabranchus (Opisthobranchia: Dorididae) are there? Molluscan Research 22: 289-301 ("although H. lacer is the senior synonym, according to the provisions of the International Code of Nomenclature, the name H. sanguineaus has precedence over H. lacer")

Wells, F.E. & Bryce, C.W. 1993. Sea Slugs of Western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 184 pp. [93]

History of changes