WoRMS name details

Discodoris lilacina (A. Gould, 1852)

181230  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:181230)

 unaccepted (unaccepted combination)
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Doris lilacina A. Gould, 1852) Gould, A. A. (1852). Mollusca and shells. <em>In: United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 under the command of Charles Wilkes. Boston.</em> 12: 1-510; atlas 1856: 1-16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10991152
page(s): 297-298, pl. 22, fig. 392a, b. [details] 
Taxonomy It is unclear whether records in the Eastern Mediterranean (e.g. Valdés & Templado, 2002) are this species, or were...  
Taxonomy It is unclear whether records in the Eastern Mediterranean (e.g. Valdés & Templado, 2002) are this species, or were confused either with the native Discodoris maculosa Bergh, 1884 [synonym of circumglobal Tayuva lilacina according to Dayrat, 2010] or with the alien Sebadoris fragilis (Alder & Hancock, 1864). Dayrat (2010: 98) wrote that "most of the unambiguous citations of fragilis or concinna in the literature have actually referred to Sebodoris fragilis (not lilacina), in particular in the Indian Ocean..." [details]

Taxonomy Dayrat (2010) places this species in the genus Tayuva Marcus & Marcus, 1967 (type species by original designation: Tayuva...  
Taxonomy Dayrat (2010) places this species in the genus Tayuva Marcus & Marcus, 1967 (type species by original designation: Tayuva ketos Marcus & Marcus, 1967, from Pacific coast of Mexico) on the basis of a synapomorphy “a muscular wall in the distal portion of the reproductive system”. Discodoris lilacina in the current sense (e.g. Valdés, 2002) is indicated as “Tayuva lilacina of tropical Indo-West Pacific”, and several worldwide species currently recognized as valid are subsumed: Tayuva ketos as “Tayuva lilacina of Panamic Eastern Pacific” (contra Valdés, 2002 who holds Tayuva as a synonym of Discodoris and Discodoris ketos (Marcus & Marcus, 1967) as a valid species); Peltodoris hummelincki Marcus & Marcus, 1963 as “Tayuva lilacina of the Caribbean Sea”; Discodoris maculosa Bergh, 1884 as “Tayuva lilacina of the Mediterranean and Eastern European Atlantic”. Dayrat nevertheless acknowledges (p. 78) that “The name T. lilacina, as used here, likely refers to a species complex”. In WoRMS these are still treated as separate entries under the accustomed species names.  [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Discodoris lilacina (A. Gould, 1852). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=181230 on 2024-11-21
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2005-09-09 10:04:57Z
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2011-08-11 18:18:22Z
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2015-11-09 21:36:40Z
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original description (of Doris lilacina A. Gould, 1852) Gould, A. A. (1852). Mollusca and shells. <em>In: United States Exploring Expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 under the command of Charles Wilkes. Boston.</em> 12: 1-510; atlas 1856: 1-16., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10991152
page(s): 297-298, pl. 22, fig. 392a, b. [details] 

additional source Zenetos, A.; Gofas, S.; Russo, G.; Templado, J. (2004). CIESM Atlas of exotic species in the Mediterranean. Vol. 3 Molluscs, 376 pp. <em>Monaco, CIESM Publishers.</em> , available online at https://web.archive.org/web/20210507152030/http://www.ciesm.org/atlas/appendix3.html
page(s): 190 [details] 

additional source Dayrat B. (2010). A monographic revision of basal discodorid sea slugs (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia, Nudibranchia, Doridina). <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.</em> Series 4, vol. 61, suppl. I, 1-403, 382 figs.
page(s): 94-119 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Gosliner, T. et al. (2023). <i>Southern African Sea Slugs</i>. Southern Underwater Research Group Press, 7 Blackwood Drive, Hout Bay 7806, Cape Town, South Africa.
page(s): 128 [details] 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From editor or global species database
Taxonomy It is unclear whether records in the Eastern Mediterranean (e.g. Valdés & Templado, 2002) are this species, or were confused either with the native Discodoris maculosa Bergh, 1884 [synonym of circumglobal Tayuva lilacina according to Dayrat, 2010] or with the alien Sebadoris fragilis (Alder & Hancock, 1864). Dayrat (2010: 98) wrote that "most of the unambiguous citations of fragilis or concinna in the literature have actually referred to Sebodoris fragilis (not lilacina), in particular in the Indian Ocean..." [details]

Taxonomy Dayrat (2010) places this species in the genus Tayuva Marcus & Marcus, 1967 (type species by original designation: Tayuva ketos Marcus & Marcus, 1967, from Pacific coast of Mexico) on the basis of a synapomorphy “a muscular wall in the distal portion of the reproductive system”. Discodoris lilacina in the current sense (e.g. Valdés, 2002) is indicated as “Tayuva lilacina of tropical Indo-West Pacific”, and several worldwide species currently recognized as valid are subsumed: Tayuva ketos as “Tayuva lilacina of Panamic Eastern Pacific” (contra Valdés, 2002 who holds Tayuva as a synonym of Discodoris and Discodoris ketos (Marcus & Marcus, 1967) as a valid species); Peltodoris hummelincki Marcus & Marcus, 1963 as “Tayuva lilacina of the Caribbean Sea”; Discodoris maculosa Bergh, 1884 as “Tayuva lilacina of the Mediterranean and Eastern European Atlantic”. Dayrat nevertheless acknowledges (p. 78) that “The name T. lilacina, as used here, likely refers to a species complex”. In WoRMS these are still treated as separate entries under the accustomed species names.  [details]