Lobiger
Because of the complicated nomenclatural problems with species of Lobiger, here is a list of relevant references. If I have missed an important reference please let me know.
Return to: L. viridis, L. serradifalci, L. souverbii.
• Baba, K. 1952 Record of a rare sacoglossan mollusk, Lobiger (Lobiger) sagamiensis n.sp. from Sagami Bay, Japan. Zoological Magazine (Dobutsugaku Zasshi) 61: 337-38
• Baba, K. 1955. Opisthobranchia of Sagami Bay. Supplement. Iwanami Shoten: Tokyo. 59pp. Pls 1-20.
• Baba, K. 1974. Some comments on Lobiger souverbii Fischer, 1856, re-identified of Japan. The Veliger, 16: 253-257.
• Burn, R. 1966. The opisthobranchs of a Caulerpan microfauna from Fiji. Proc. Malac. Soc. Lond. 37: 45-65.
• Clark, K.B. & Busacca, M. (1978) Feeding specificity and chloroplast retention in four tropical ascoglossa, with a discussion of the extent of chloroplast symbiosis and the evolution of the order. J. Moll. Stud., 44: 272-282,Figs1-3.
• Clark, K.B. & DeFreese, D. (1987) Population ecology of Caribbean ascoglossa (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia): a study of specialized algal herbivores. Am. Malacol. Union Bull., 5(2): 259-280.
• Eliot, C.N.E. (1906) Nudibranchs and Tectibranchs from the Indo-Pacific. II. Notes on Lophocercus, Lobiger, Haminaea, and Newnesia. Journal of Conchology 2(10): 298-314, Text-figs 1-6, Pl.V.
• Gavagnin, M., Marin, A., Castelluccio, F., Villani, G. & Cimino, G. (1994) Defensive relationships between Caulerpa prolifera and its shelled sacoglossan predators. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol., 175: 197-210.
• Gonor, J.J. (1961) Observations on the biology of Lobiger serradifalci, a shelled sacoglossan opisthobranch from the Mediterranean. Vie Milieu, 12(3): 381-403.
• Jensen, K.R. 1985.Annotated checklist of Hong Kong Ascoglosa (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia), with descriptions of four new species. In: The Malacofauna of Hong Kong and Southern China. II. (eds. B. Morton & D. Dudgeon), 77-107. Hong Kong University Press.
• Moerch, O.A.L. (1863): Revision des especes du genre Oxynoe, Rafinesque, et Lobiger, Krohn. Journal de Conchyliologie, 3(11): 43-48.
• Pease, W.H. (1861): Descriptions of new species of Mollusca from the Pacific Islands. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, for 1861: 242-247.
• Pease, W.H. (1863) Letter. On errors and omissions in former communications. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, for 1863: 510.
• Pease, W.H. (1868) Descriptions of marine Gasteropodae, inhabiting Polynesia. American Journal of Conchology, 4(2): 71-80. (Pls. 7-10)
• Stamm, R.A. (1968): Zur Abwehr von Raubfeinden durch Lobiger serradifalci (Calcara), 1840, und Oxynoe olivacea Rafinesque, 1819. Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 75: 661-665.
• Thompson, T.E. (1988) Eastern Mediterranean opisthobranchia: Oxynoidae, Polybranchiidae, Stiligeridae (Sacoglossa). J. Moll. Stud., 54: 157-172.
Rudman, W.B., 2001 (November 7) Lobiger . [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/lobiref
