Aphelodoris varia

Animalia/Mollusca/Gastropoda/Nudibranchia/Dorididae/Aphelodoris

At a glance

Occurrence records1 239

Data sources6

Biological traits6

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources6 archives

Databases and archives Aphelodoris varia's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation4 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 173 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System66 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources6 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS1 239 records

01Narrative

Aphelodoris varia is a species of sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a shell-less marine gastropod mollusk in the family Dorididae.Caballer, M.; Bouchet, P. (2015). Aphelodoris varia (Abraham, 1877). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2016-12-04.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesSeaLifeBase

Size & morphology1

Body length5 cm

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonebenthic

Other traits3

Depth max20 m

Depth min0 m

Vulnerability10

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type1 239 records

Wild obs. + sensor1 127

Museum / vouchered112

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO492 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit6

200–1000 m twilight0

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 6.5 m · max 20 m · 6 records with depth

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy95% within 1 km

≤100 m 612≤1 km 276≤10 km 40>10 km 6

934 georeferenced · 193 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor1 127

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy86% within 1 km

≤100 m 6≤1 km 79≤10 km 12>10 km 2

99 georeferenced · 13 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence112

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions2 of 5 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Sydney, AU	46
Museums Victorialocation not on record	5
Natick, US	5
Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territorylocation not on record	1
Western Australian Museumlocation not on record	1

5 institutions · 58 of 112 vouchered records shown

At a glance

Sources6 archives

Size & morphology1

Habitat & environment2

Other traits3

Record type1 239 records

Range

Depth

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions2 of 5 geolocated

Record type1 239 records