Range: 68°N to 37°N; 76.5°W to 0°W Depth: 0 to 55 m (live 0 to 0 m) Maximum Reported Size: 15 mm
Synonymy
Doris fusca auct. non Müller, 1776 Doris pilosa Abildgaard, 1789 Doris stellata Gmelin, 1791 Doris nigricans Fleming, 1820 Doris flemingii Forbes, 1838 Doris sublaevis W. Thompson, 1840 Doris similis Alder & Hancock, 1842 Doris subquadrata Alder & Hancock, 1845 Lamellidoris sparsa auct. non Alder & Hancock, 1846 Doris vocinella Gray, 1847 Doris quadrangulata Jeffreys, 1869 Doris bifida A. E. Verrill, 1870 Acanthodoris citrina A. E. Verrill, 1879 Acanthodoris ornata A. E. Verrill, 1879
Details
Doris pilosaAbildgaard, 1789, p. 7, pl. 85, fig. 5-8 [Basis of the current name] Attributed to: Müller Type Locality: maris Norvagici Range: 68°N to 37°N; 76.5°W to 0°W Depth: 0 to 55 m Maximum Reported Size: 9 mm Distribution: USA: Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia References: Er. Marcus (1961) {SW}; Wass (1972) SW; Platts (1985) E; Zinn (1984) M; Thompson (1988) s
Doris bifida A. E. Verrill, 1870, [A. E. Verrill 1873b, pl. 25, fig. 176] [Synonym] References: Verrill (1882a) s (of A. stellata); Thompson & Brown (1984) s
Acanthodoris citrina A. E. Verrill, 1879, [Synonym] Range: 44.9°N ; 67°W Depth: 0 m (live 0 m) References: Thompson & Brown (1984) s
Doris flemingii Forbes, 1838, [Synonym] References: Alder & Hancock (1851b) s; Thompson & Brown (1984) s
Doris fusca auct. non Müller, 1776, [Not available] References: Alder & Hancock (1851b) s; Thompson & Brown (1984) s Comments: Misidentification by Lovén (1846).
Doris nigricans Fleming, 1820, [Synonym] References: Alder & Hancock (1851b) s; Thompson & Brown (1984) s
Acanthodoris ornata A. E. Verrill, 1879, [Synonym] Range: 44.9°N ; 67°W Depth: 0 m (live 0 m) Distribution: USA: Maine References: Thompson & Brown (1984) s
Doris quadrangulata Jeffreys, 1869, [Synonym] References: Thompson & Brown (1984) s
Doris similisAlder & Hancock, 1842, p. 32-33 [Synonym] Type Locality: At low-water mark and from deep water, Cullercoats, Northumberland [England] Maximum Reported Size: 15 mm References: Alder & Hancock (1842) M; Alder & Hancock (1851b) s; Thompson & Brown (1984) s
Lamellidoris sparsa auct. non Alder & Hancock, 1846, [Not available] References: Thompson & Brown (1984) s Comments: Misidentification by Mörch (1868).
Doris stellataGmelin, 1791, p. 3107, [Bommé act. Vlissing 3, n. 5, fig. 4] [Synonym] Type Locality: ad littora Seelandiae in alcyoniis References: Alder & Hancock (1851b) s; Thompson & Brown (1984) s
Doris sublaevis W. Thompson, 1840, [Synonym] References: Alder & Hancock (1851b) s; Thompson & Brown (1984) s
Doris subquadrata Alder & Hancock, 1845, [Alder & Hancock (1851b), Fam. 1, pl. 16, figs. 1-3] [Synonymy uncertain] Type Locality: [Deepish water, Torbay] References: Thompson & Brown (1984) s
Doris vocinella Gray, 1847, [Synonym] Attributed to: Leach References: Thompson & Brown (1984) s
Partial List of References
Abildgaard, P. C. 1789. Zoologiae Danica Zoologiae Danica 3 [iv] + 71 pp., pls. 81-120. N. Mölleri et Filii: Havniae. Alder, J. and A. Hancock. 1842. Descriptions of several new species of nudibranchous Mollusca found on the coast of Northumberland Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 31-36. [Stated date: -- Mar 1842.] Gmelin, J. F. 1791. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae. Editio decima tertia Systema Naturae, 13th ed., vol. 1(6) 3021-3910. Lipsiae.
