MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Platydoris Bergh, 1877

ERMS taxon details

Platydoris Bergh, 1877

AphiaID

138358 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138358)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Doris argo Linnaeus, 1767 accepted as Platydoris argo (Linnaeus, 1767) (type by subsequent designation)

Parent

Discodorididae Bergh, 1891

Original name

Platydoris Bergh, 1877

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Species Platydoris argo (Linnaeus, 1767)
Species Platydoris dura Pruvot-Fol, 1951 accepted as Platydoris argo (Linnaeus, 1767) (synonym)
Species Platydoris maculata Bouchet, 1977 accepted as Baptodoris cinnabarina Bergh, 1884 (synonym)
Species Platydoris philippi Bergh, 1877 accepted as Platydoris argo (Linnaeus, 1767) (synonym)
Species Platydoris stomascuta Bouchet, 1977 accepted as Baptodoris stomascuta (Bouchet, 1977) (currently assigned to genus Baptodoris)

Environment

marine

Original description

Bergh, L. S. R., 1877. Kritische Untersuchung der Ehrenberg'schen Doriden. Deutsche Malakozoologische Gesellschaft Jahrbücher. 4:45-76., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16296901 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Platydoris Bergh, 1877. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138358 on 2026-04-14

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Platydoris Bergh, 1877. Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138358 on 2026-04-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Gofas, Serge

2006-04-04 09:07:56Z

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Vandepitte, Leen

2010-10-16 15:09:18Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2015-01-25 11:20:39Z

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Bouchet, Philippe

2022-08-07 19:52:18Z

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Marshall, Bruce

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original description Bergh, L. S. R., 1877. Kritische Untersuchung der Ehrenberg'schen Doriden. Deutsche Malakozoologische Gesellschaft Jahrbücher. 4:45-76., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16296901 [details]

taxonomy source Dorgan K. M.; Valdés Á.; Gosliner T. M. (2002). Phylogenetic systematics of the genus Platydoris (Mollusca, Nudibranchia, Doridoidea) with descriptions of six new species. Zoologica Scripta. 31(3), 271-319., available online at https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1463-6409.2002.00105.x [details]

additional source Valdés Á. (2002). A phylogenetic analysis and systematic revision of the cryptobranch dorids (Mollusca, Nudibranchia, Anthobranchia). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 136: 535-636., available online at https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1096-3642.2002.00039.x [details] Available for editors