Hypselodoris coelestis from the Mediterranean

March 18, 2003
From: Nicolas

Dear Bill,
I found in a book (To discover the Mediterranean Sea by Steven Weinberg) a species of dorid named in the book Hypselodoris coelestis. This species is said to be endemic to the Mediterranean but I can't find information on it anywhere. Could you tell me if you know anything about it. The book calls it "Doris celeste" in French and "Celestial doris" in English.
Thank you
Nicolas,
Paris

ndiver@voila.fr

Dear Nicolas,
The correct name for Hypselodoris coelestis is Hypselodoris orsinii. If you look at the messages in the Forum about this species you will see that in France several guides to the Mediterranean fauna call Hypselodoris orsinii either H. tricolor, which is another species, or H. coelestis which isn't a valid name. As you will see there are quite a few blue chromodorids in the Mediterranean with very similar colour patterns.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2003 (Mar 18). Comment on Hypselodoris coelestis from the Mediterranean by Nicolas. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/9422

Factsheet

Hypselodoris orsinii

Related messages

  1. Re: Feeding in Hypselodoris orsinii
    From: Dominique Horst, October 15, 2008
  2. Re: Hypselodoris orsinii from Croatia
    From: Adam Petrusek, October 8, 2003
  3. Hypselodoris orsinii from Croatia
    From: Adam Petrusek, October 7, 2003
  4. How to recognise Hypselodoris orsinii
    From: Jean-Pierre Bielecki, June 29, 2002
  5. Feeding in Hypselodoris orsinii
    From: Jean-Pierre Bielecki, June 29, 2002
  6. Re: Hyps. orsinii from French Mediterranean
    From: Marina Poddubetskaia , June 26, 2002
  7. Re: Hypselodoris orsinii from French Mediterranean
    From: Alma Sánchez, June 25, 2002
  8. Hypselodoris orsinii from French Mediterranean
    From: Marina Poddubetskaia, June 24, 2002
  9. Hypselodoris orsinii? from Turkey
    From: Baki Yokes, September 28, 2001

Show factsheet and all related messages