J. Moll. Stud. (1989), 55, 343-364
© The Malacological Society of London 1989
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A REVISION OF THE ANTARCTIC SPECIES OF BATHYDORIS BERGH, 1884 AND COMPARISON WITH OTHER KNOWN BATHYDORIDS (OPISTHOBRANCHIA, NUDIBRANCHIA)
Fachbereich 7, Zoomorphologie, Universität Oldenburg Postfach 2503, 2900 Oldenburg, W. -Germany
Rich material from the Atlantic sector of the Antarctic allows a detailed description of the morphology and anatomy of Bathydoris clavigera Thiele, 1912 and B. hodgsoni Eliot, 1907 (Opisthobranchia, Nudibranchia, Gnathodoridacea). A systematic revision of Antarctic and deep-sea species of Bathydoris Bergh, 1884 leads to the conclusion, that B. obliquata Odhner, 1934 and B. argentine Kaiser, 1980 are junior synonyms of B. clavigera, and B. inflata Eliot, 1907 and B. brownii Evans, 1914 junior synonym of B. hodgsoni.
(Received 14 April 1988; accepted 27 May 1988)