MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Aeolidia Cuvier, 1798

ERMS taxon details

Aeolidia Cuvier, 1798

Grey sea slug - Aeolidia papillosa (Linnaeus, 1761)

AphiaID

137630 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137630)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Limax papillosus Linnaeus, 1761 accepted as Aeolidia papillosa (Linnaeus, 1761) (type by subsequent designation)

Parent

Aeolidiidae J. E. Gray, 1827

Original name

Aeolidia Cuvier, 1798

Synonymised names

Aeolis Menke, 1844 · unaccepted (Invalid: Placed on the Official...)

Invalid: Placed on the Official Index by ICZN Opinion 779

Eolidia [sic] · unaccepted (incorrect subsequent spelling [by...)

incorrect subsequent spelling [by Cuvier (1817)] of Aeolidia

Eolis [sic] · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling (incorrect subsequent spelling [by...)

incorrect subsequent spelling [by Cuvier (1805)] of Aeolidia

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Species Aeolidia campbellii (Cunningham, 1871)
Species Aeolidia filomenae Kienberger, Carmona, Pola, Padula, Gosliner & Cervera, 2016
Species Aeolidia papillosa (Linnaeus, 1761)
Species Aeolidia serotina Bergh, 1873 accepted as Aeolidia campbellii (Cunningham, 1871)

Environment

marine

Original description

Cuvier, G. (1797). Tableau élémentaire de l'histoire naturelle des animaux. [Elementary table of the natural history of animals.]. Baudoin, Paris. i-xvi, 1-710, Pl. 1-14. [pdf is for copepods :449-456]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637076
page(s): 388 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Aeolidia Cuvier, 1798. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137630 on 2025-11-10

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Aeolidia Cuvier, 1798. Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137630 on 2025-11-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Gofas, Serge

2013-09-12 20:15:47Z

changed

Gofas, Serge

2013-09-13 12:30:52Z

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Gofas, Serge

2020-01-13 19:10:24Z

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Marshall, Bruce

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original description Cuvier, G. (1797). Tableau élémentaire de l'histoire naturelle des animaux. [Elementary table of the natural history of animals.]. Baudoin, Paris. i-xvi, 1-710, Pl. 1-14. [pdf is for copepods :449-456]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637076
page(s): 388 [details]

original description (of Aeolis Menke, 1844) Menke, K. T. (1844). Zur ältesten Geschichte der Mollusken. Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie. 1:65-76., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16291453
page(s): 73 [details]

additional source Kienberger K., Carmona L., Pola M., Padula V., Gosliner T.M. & Cervera J.L. (2016). Aeolidia papillosa (Linnaeus, 1761) (Mollusca: Heterobranchia: Nudibranchia), single species or a cryptic species complex? A morphological and molecular study. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 177: 481-506., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12379 [details]

status source ICZN. (1966). Opinion 779. Aeolidia Cuvier, 1797 (Gastropoda): placed on the official list of generic names. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 23: 100-101., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12222905 [details]

subsequent type designation Alder, J. & A. Hancock. (1845-55). A monograph of the British Nudibranchiate Mollusca: with figures of all the species. Ray Society, London. 1-54, pls.1-48., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/65015
page(s): part 3, gen. 12: 2 [details]