Glaucus atlanticus Forster, 1777
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Forster, G. (1777). A voyage round the world in His Britannic Majesty’s Sloop, Resolution, commanded by Capt. James Cook, during the years 1772, 3, 4 and 5. London, B. White, J. Robson, P. Elmsly and and G. Robinson. Vol. 1,. https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=39590
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Mollusca
- class
- Gastropoda
- order
- Nudibranchia
- family
- Glaucidae
- genus
- Glaucus
- species
- Glaucus atlanticus
Name
- Synonyms
- Doris radiata Gmelin, 1791
- Glaucus distichoicus d'Orbigny, 1837
- Glaucus flagellum Blumenbach, 1803
- Glaucus hexapterigius Cuvier, 1805
- Glaucus lineatus Reinhardt & Bergh, 1864
- Glaucus longicirrhus Reinhardt & Bergh, 1864
- Glaucus marinus Du Pont, 1777
- Homonyms
- Glaucus atlanticus Forster, 1777
- Common names
- Atlantic Sea Swallow in English
- Atlantic Sea Swallow in English
- Babosa marina azul in Spanish
- Blue Angel in English
- Blue Dragon Sea Slug in English
- Blue Glaucus in English
- Blue Ocean Slug in English
- Blue Sea Dragon in English
- Blue Sea Slug in English
- Blue dragon in English
- Dragon bleu pélagique in French
- Dragão-Azul in Portuguese
- Dragón marino azul in Spanish
- Niebieski smok in Polish
- blue glaucus in English
- blue glaucus in English
- dragon bleu in French
- glaukus atlantický in Slovak
- glaukus atlantský in Czech
- hirondelle de mer in French
- jaskółka morska in Polish
- purple ocean slug in English
- purple ocean slug in English
- sea swallow in English
- sea swallow in English
- ทากทะเลสีน้ำเงิน in Thai
- アオミノウミウシ in Japanese
- アオミノウミウシ in Japanese
- 大西洋海神海蛞蝓 in Chinese
- 大西洋海神鰓海蛞蝓 in Chinese
- Atlantic Sea Swallow in English
- purple ocean slug in English
- sea swallow in English
- アオミノウミウシ in Japanese
Bibliographic References
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- Branch, G. M. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. <em>David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg.</em>
- Breyn R.P. (1705). De plantis et insectis quibusdam rarioribus in Hispania observatis. <em>Philosophical Transactions.</em> 24 (1704 - 1705),: 2045-2055, pl. 1-2.
- Churchill C.K.C., Alejandrino, A. Valdés, Á. & Ó Foighil, D. (2013). Parallel changes in genital morphology delineate cryptic diversification of plamktonik nudibranchs. <i>Proceedings of the Royal Society B</i> 280: 20131224
- Forster G. 1777. A voyage round the world in His Britannic Majesty's Sloop, Resolution, commanded by Capt. James Cook, during the years 1772, 3, 4 and 5. London, B. White, J. Robson, P. Elmsly and and G. Robinson. Vol. 1, pp. i-xviii, 1-602; vol. 2, pp. 1-607.
- Gosliner, T. (1987). Nudibranchs of Southern Africa: A Guide to Opisthobranch Molluscs of Southern Africa. Sea Challengers, Monterey, California.
- Gosliner, T. M. (1980 ["1979"]). The systematics of the Aeolidiacea (Nudibranchia: Mollusca) of the Hawaiian Islands, with descriptions of two new species. <em>Pacific Science.</em> 33(1): 37-77.
- 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.
- Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 <i>in:</i> Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
- Schrödl 2003
- Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch.
- Thompson, T. E. & McFarlane, I. D. (1967). Observations on a collection of <i>Glaucus</i> from the Gulf of Aden with a critical review of published records of Glaucidae (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia). <em>Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 178(2): 107-123. 10.1111/j.1095-8312.1967.tb00967.x
- Thompson, T.E. & I. Bennett, 1969. Physalia nematocysts: utilized by mollusks for defense. Science 166 : 1532-1533. 10.1126/science.166.3912.1532
- Turgeon, D. D., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, W. K. Emerson, W. G. Lyons, W. Pratt, et al., 1988: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 16. vii + 277.
- Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al., 1998: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. 526.
- Valdés A. & Campillo O.A. (2004) Systematics of pelagic aeolid nudibranchs of the family Glaucidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda). <i>Bulletin of Marine Science</i> 75(3): 381–389.