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Gastropoda: : Doridoidea: Discodorididae

Aphelodoris antillensis Bergh, 1879


Range: 32.35°N to 9.41°N; 86.8°W to 59.65°W
Depth: 0.6 to 12 m (live 0.6 to 12 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 29  mm

Synonymy

Heromorpha antillensis (Bergh, 1879) 
Aphelodoris antillensis Bergh, 1879
Doris bistellata A. E. Verrill, 1900

Details


Aphelodoris antillensis Bergh, 1879,
[Basis of the current name]
Range: 26°N to 9.41°N; 86.8°W to 59.65°W
Depth: 1 to 12 m (live 1 to 12 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 29 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida; Mexico: Quintana Roo; Costa Rica, Panama; ABC Islands: Aruba, Curacao; Venezuela: Isla Margarita; Cayman Islands: Grand Cayman Island; Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico: Culebra Island; Virgin Islands: British Virgin Islands, St. Thomas, St. John; Antigua, Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Lucia; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: St. Vincent, Bequia, Grenada; Barbados
References: Hamann (1992) dNM; Meyer (1977) DlS; Edmunds & Just (1985) E; Hess & Abbott (1994); Espinosa & Ortea (2001a) {W}; Collin et al. (2005); Valdés (2002) W
Combining Genera:  Heromorpha

Doris (?) bistellata A. E. Verrill, 1900, p. 548, pl. 66, fig. 2
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Castle Harbor, Bermuda, 2-4 feet
Range: 32.35°N ; 64.7°W
Depth: 0.6 to 1.2 m (live 0.6 to 1.2 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 8 mm
Distribution: Bermuda
References: Verrill (1900) DdLlNSEWM; Hamann (1992) s


Partial List of References

Verrill, A. E. 1900. The nudibranchs and naked tectibranchs of the Bermudas Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 10 545-550, pl. 66. [Stated date: -- Sep 1900.]

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