MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Pterochilus Alder & Hancock, 1844

ERMS name details

Pterochilus Alder & Hancock, 1844

AphiaID

579335 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:579335)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (Invalid: placed on the Official Index by ICZN Opinion 782)

Accepted Name

Embletonia Alder & Hancock, 1851

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Pterochilus pulcher Alder & Hancock, 1844 accepted as Embletonia pulchra (Alder & Hancock, 1844) (type by monotypy)

Parent

Embletoniidae Pruvot-Fol, 1954

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Species Pterochilus pulcher Alder & Hancock, 1844 accepted as Embletonia pulchra (Alder & Hancock, 1844) (original combination)

Original description

Alder, J.; Hancock, A. (1844). Descriptions of Pterochilus, a new genus of nudibranchiate Mollusca, and two new species of Doris. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 14: 329-331., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2331606 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Pterochilus Alder & Hancock, 1844. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2021) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=579335 on 2024-04-19

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2024). European Register of Marine Species. Pterochilus Alder & Hancock, 1844. Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=579335 on 2024-04-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2011-08-29 15:19:31Z

created

Bouchet, Philippe

2012-08-10 13:53:44Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

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original description Alder, J.; Hancock, A. (1844). Descriptions of Pterochilus, a new genus of nudibranchiate Mollusca, and two new species of Doris. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 14: 329-331., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2331606 [details]

source of synonymy Miller, M. C.; Willan, R. C. (1991). Redescription of Embletonia gracile Risbec, (Nudibranchia: Embletoniidae): relocation to suborder Dendronotacea with taxonomic and phylogenetic implications. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 58: 1-12. [details] Available for editors

From other sources

Embletonia pulchra (Alder & Hancock, 1844)

Image from typetaxon

Embletonia pulchra

Image from typetaxon