Species Scyllaea pelagica Linnaeus, 1758

Museums

Regional Maps

• Scyllaea pelagica Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10 Edn., 824 pp. [656].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, "in Pelagi Fuco Natante".

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

All tropical and temperate seas: 5–10 m.

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

 

General References

Burn, R. 1989. Opisthobranchs (Subclass Opisthobranchia). In, Shepherd, S.A. & Thomas, I.M (eds). Marine Invertebrates of Southern Australia. Part II. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printing Division. [pl. 56.2] (photo)

Coleman, N. 2001. 1001 Nudibranchs - Catalogue of Indo-Pacific Sea Slugs. Springwood, Queensland : Neville Coleman’s Underwater Geographic Pty Ltd 144 pp. [100] (photo)

Wells, F.E. & Bryce, C.W. 1993. Sea Slugs of Western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 184 pp. [173] (photo: species 223)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Dec-2011	OPISTHOBRANCHIA	01-Dec-2011	MOVED	Dr Robin Wilson
01-Dec-2011		01-Dec-2011	MOVED
		01-May-2014	MODIFIED