Species Tayuva coerulescens (Bergh, 1888)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Discodoris coerulescens Bergh, R. 1888. Malacologische Untersuchungen. In, Semper, C.G. (ed.). Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen, Wissenschaftliche Resultate. Wiesbaden : C.W. Kreidel. Band 2, Theil 3, Heft 16 pp. 755-814. [805-807, plate LXXXIII, figs 6-12].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) ZMUC GAS-2132, Mauritius; ZMB 43930, Mauritius.

Generic Combinations

• Montereina coerulescens (Bergh, 1888) [alternate representation]. —
  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] [247]
• Tayuva coerulescens (Bergh, 1888). —
  Fernández-Vilert, R., Arnedo, M.A., Salvador, X., Valdés, Á., Schrödl, M. & Moles, J. 2025. Shining disco: shedding light into the systematics of the family Discodorididae (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 203(1): zlae170 [9]

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Discodoris sp. —
  Coleman, N. 2001. 1001 Nudibranchs - Catalogue of Indo-Pacific Sea Slugs. Springwood, Queensland : Neville Coleman’s Underwater Geographic Pty Ltd 144 pp. [56, fig. AMPI 249]

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-Pacific.

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

Diagnosis

White body with black patches and specks. White gills and rhinophores.

Diagnosis References

Coleman, N. 2008. Nudibranchs Encyclopedia. Queensland : Neville Coleman's Underwater Geographic 416 pp. [210]

General References

Coleman, N. 2008. Nudibranchs Encyclopedia. Queensland : Neville Coleman's Underwater Geographic 416 pp. [210] (as "Mildewed Discodoris")

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