Species Sebadoris fragilis (Alder & Hancock, 1864)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Doris fragilis Alder, J. & Hancock, A. 1864. Notice of a collection of nudibranchiate mollusca made in India by Walter Elliot, Esq. with descriptions of several new genera and species. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 5(3): 113–147 [118-119].
• Discodoris morphaea Bergh, L.S.R. 1877. Malacologische Untersuchungen. pp. 495-546, pls 58-61 in Semper, C.G. (ed.). Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen, Wissenschaftliche Resultate. Band 2, Theil 2, Heft 12. [536-539, pl. LX, figs 18-22; pl. LXI, figs 1-5].
• Alloiodoris hedleyi O'Donoghue, C.H. 1924. Report on Opisthobranchiata from the Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia, with description of a new parasitic copepod. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 35: 521-579, pls [547].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Dayrat, B. 2010. A monographic revision of basal discodorid sea slugs (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Nudibranchia: Doridina). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 4 61: 1-403 [Date published March 31] [139]

 

Generic Combinations

• Discodoris fragilis (Alder & Hancock, 1864). —
  Bergh, L.S.R. 1877. Malacologische Untersuchungen. pp. 495-546, pls 58-61 in Semper, C.G. (ed.). Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen, Wissenschaftliche Resultate. Band 2, Theil 2, Heft 12. [519]
  Wells, F.E. & Bryce, C.W. 1993. Sea Slugs of Western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 184 pp. [99]
  Marshall, J.G. & Willan, R.C. 1999. Nudibranchs of Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef. Leiden : Backhuys 257 pp. [72-73, 218, fig. 123]
  Coleman, N. 2001. 1001 Nudibranchs - Catalogue of Indo-Pacific Sea Slugs. Springwood, Queensland : Neville Coleman’s Underwater Geographic Pty Ltd 144 pp. [56, photo]
• Sebadoris fragilis (Alder & Hancock, 1864). —
  Dayrat, B. 2010. A monographic revision of basal discodorid sea slugs (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Nudibranchia: Doridina). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 4 61: 1-403 [Date published March 31] [139] (new combination)

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Discodoris concinna Alder & Hancock, 1864 [Wells & Bryce (1993) published colour photos of specimens they identified as D. concinna, but Dayrat (2010) claims that they are Sebadoris fragilis].

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Tropical Indo-West Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

 

General References

Wells, F.E. & Bryce, C.W. 1993. Sea Slugs of Western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 184 pp. [102, species 123] (as Alloiodoris hedleyi O'Donoghue, 1924)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
13-May-2025	NUDIBRANCHIA	28-Apr-2025	MODIFIED
30-Nov-2011	OPISTHOBRANCHIA	30-Nov-2011	MOVED	Dr Robin Wilson
29-Nov-2011		29-Nov-2011	MOVED
11-Jan-2016		04-Nov-2011	MODIFIED
		01-May-2014	MODIFIED