Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Heterobranchia > Infraclass Opisthobranchia > Order Nudibranchia > Suborder Dexiarchia > Infraorder Aeolidida > Superfamily Aeolidioidea > Family Glaucidae > Genus Glaucus

Glaucus atlanticus Forster, 1777

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Glaucus*	Forster, 1777	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Doris radiata*	Gmelin, 1791	synonym
*Glaucus distichoicus*	d'Orbigny, 1837	synonym
*Glaucus flagellum*	Blumenblach, 1803	synonym
*Glaucus hexapterigius*	Cuvier, 1805	synonym
*Glaucus longicirrhus*	Reinhardt & Bergh, 1864	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: sea swallow

Literature

original description	Forster G. 1777. A voyage round the world in His Britannic Majesty's Sloop, Resolution, commanded by Capt. James Cook, during the years 1772, 3, 4 and 5. London, B. White, J. Robson, P. Elmsly and and G. Robinson. Vol. 1, pp. i-xviii, 1-602; vol. 2, pp. 1-607.
additional source	Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	Branch, G.M. et al. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg.
additional source	Spencer, H.G.; Marshall, B.A.; Maxwell, P.A.; Grant-Mackie, J.A.; Stilwell, J.D.; Willan, R.C.; Campbell, H.J.; Crampton, J.S.; Henderson, R.A.; Bradshaw, M.A.; Waterhouse, J.B.; Pojeta, J. Jr (2009). Phylum Mollusca: chitons, clams, tusk shells, snails, squids, and kin, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 161-254.
redescription	Valdés A. & Campillo O.A. (2004) Systematics of pelagic aeolid nudibranchs of the family Glaucidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Bulletin of Marine Science 75(3): 381–389.
status source	Churchill C.K.C., Alejandrino, A. Valdés, Á. & Ó Foighil, D. (2013). Parallel changes in genital morphology delineate cryptic diversification of plamktonik nudibranchs. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 280: 20131224

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (120 nucleotides; 60 proteins)
Barcode of Life (11 barcodes)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Biodiversity Heritage Library (82 publications)
GBIF

Citation

Caballer, M.; Gofas, S. (2014). Glaucus atlanticus Forster, 1777. 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:140022