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Gastropoda: : Doridoidea: Discodorididae

Discodoris evelinae Er. Marcus, 1955


Range: 29°N to 24°S; 97°W to 34.9°W
Depth: 0 to 7 m (live 0 to 7 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 110  mm

Synonymy

Discodoris evelinae Er. Marcus, 1955
Discodoris hedgpethi Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1960
Discodoris spetteda Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1966

Details


Discodoris evelinae Er. Marcus, 1955, p. 143-147, fig. 141-150
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Island of Sao Sebastiao
Range: 29°N to 24°S; 94°W to 34.9°W
Depth: 0 to 2 m (live 0 to 2 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 108 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida; USA: Texas; Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Cayman Islands: Grand Cayman Island; Puerto Rico, Barbados, Brazil: Pernambuco, Sao Paulo
References: Er. Marcus (1955) S; Marcus & Marcus (1967); Marcus & Hughes (1974) {M}; Ev. Marcus (1976b) DL; Mello & Perrier (1986) E; Hess & Abbott (1994) M

Discodoris hedgpethi Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1960c, p. 254-256, figs. 7-11
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Port Aransas, Texas
Range: 28°N to 18.5°N; 97°W to 65.4°W
Depth: 7 m (live 7 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 110 mm
Distribution: USA: Texas; Puerto Rico: Culebra Island
References: Marcus & Marcus (1960c) NWM; Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus (1970) SE; Ev. Marcus (1971) s; J. Andrews (1977) D

Discodoris spetteda Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1966, 
[Not available]
Comments: Nude name.


Partial List of References

Marcus, E. 1955. Opisthobranchia from Brazil Bol. Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciêncies e Letras da Universidade de Sao Paulo, Zoologia 20 89-200, pl. 1-30.
Marcus, E. [d. B.-R.] and E. Marcus. 1960. Some opisthobranchs from the northwestern Gulf of Mexico Publications of the Institute of Marine Sciences, University of Texas 6 251-264. [Stated date: -- --- 1959.]

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