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Janolus capensis

Janolus capensis

silver nudibranch·Bergh, 1907

GBIF:155286416

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PROFILE

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Habitat

Marine

Characteristics

Extant

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REGIONS

Geographic Distribution(2)

South coast of South Africa(ZA)
False Bay(ZA)

DATA

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Common names used for this species across different languages and regions.

engsilver nudibrancheng

Vernacular (common) names are the everyday names used for a species in different languages and regions. A single species may have dozens of common names worldwide.

engsilver nudibranch
eng
Source: Branch, G. M. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. <em>David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg.</em>

IDENTIFIERS

External Identifiers(1)

To GenBank (26 nucleotides; 17 proteins)

NCBI:txid797227

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CITATIONS

References(3)

  • 1

    Bergh, L. S. R. (1907). The Opisthobranchiata of South Africa. <em>Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society.</em> 17(1):1-144, pls. 1-14. In: Marine Investigations of South Africa 5(1). [Dated 1908].

    original description
  • 2

    Branch, G. M. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. <em>David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg.</em>

    basis of record
  • 3

    Gosliner, T. (1987). Nudibranchs of Southern Africa: A Guide to Opisthobranch Molluscs of Southern Africa. Sea Challengers, Monterey, California.

    additional source
  • Source Information

    World Register of Marine Species

    World Register of Marine Species

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    An authoritative classification and catalogue of marine names. To obtain a full copy, please go to https://www.marinespecies.org/usersrequest.php

    WoRMS Editorial Board (2026). World Register of Marine Species. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.14284/170 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-21.

    CC BYPublished 6/1/2026View dataset
    GBIF Usage Key
    155286416
    Dataset Key
    2d59e5db-57ad-41ff-97d6-11f5fb264527
    Origin
    source
    Backbone Key
    4360192
    Taxon ID
    urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:225504
    Last Crawled
    6/16/2026
    Last Interpreted
    6/16/2026