Aplysia aequorea Heilprin, 1888

Cunha, Carlo M. & Rosenberg, Gary, 2019, Type specimens of Aplysiida (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia) in the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, with taxonomic remarks, Zoosystematics and Evolution 95 (2), pp. 361-372 : 361

Aplysia aequorea Heilprin, 1888 Figure 1A, B

Aplysia aequorea Heilprin, 1888: 325-327, pl. 16, figs 2-2b.

Type locality.

South side of Castle Harbor, opposite Tucker’s Town, Bermuda.

Type material.

Holotype (monotypy), ANSP A7030, 1 specimen (dehydrated but subsequently put back on alcohol, 33.2 mm long preserved); ANSP 66519, 1 shell (35 mm) (A. Heilprin coll. 1888), removed from body of holotype by Heilprin.

Remarks.

Heilprin (1888) stated that he examined a single specimen. We do not illustrate the rehydrated alcohol specimen as it is a blackened mass without visible distinguishing features.

Current systematic position.

Aplysia dactylomela Rang, 1828 (fide Valdés et al. 2013).