Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Opisthobranchia > Order Nudibranchia > Suborder Euctenidiacea > Infraorder Doridacea > Superfamily Polyceroidea > Family Polyceridae > Subfamily Triophinae > Genus Limacia

Limacia clavigera (O. F. Müller, 1776)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Limacia*	O. F. Müller, 1781	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Doris clavigera*	O. F. Müller, 1776	basionym
*Doris clavigera*	O. F. Müller, 1776	synonym
*Euplocamus plumosus*	Thompson, 1840	synonym
*Tergipes pulcher*	Johnston, 1834	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: wrattige mosdierslak sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: orange-clubbed nudibranch; orange-clubbed sea slug sources: Branch, G.M. et al. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg.;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English-United States: Orange-Clubbed Sea Slug

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
additional source	Branch, G.M. et al. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg.
additional source	Rolán E., 2005. Malacological Fauna From The Cape Verde Archipelago. Part 1, Polyplacophora and Gastropoda.
additional source	Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp.

Taxon found in 20 publications.

Genbank

Link to Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (5 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
Marine Life Information Network - UK
Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
GBIF

Citation

Rosenberg, G.; Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2014). Limacia clavigera (O. F. Müller, 1776). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140830