Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Dolabrifera dolabrifera (Rang, 1828)

gato de mar verrugoso, Warty seacat

Length: 40 mm.

Shallow water (less than 200 m depth), subtidal, tidal pools and intertidal rocks.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Mollusca

Class
Gastropoda

Order
Aplysiida

Superfamily
Aplysioidea

Family
Aplysiidae

Genus
Dolabrifera

Species
dolabrifera

Taxon category: Accepted

LACM: 25119, 71-44, 71-45, 71-52, 71-64, 71-70, 71-72

Origin: Native

Status

IUCN Red List Category: Not evaluated

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: Eastern Pacific, at Las Cruces, near La Paz, Baja California

References

  • Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
  • Finet, Y. (1991) The Marine Mollusks of the Galapagos Islands. In: Galápagos Marine Invertebrate. Taxonomy, Biogeography, and Evolution in Darwin's Islands. Plenum Press. New York and London, p. 253-280.
  • Finet, Y. (2001) The marine mollusks of the Galapagos Islands: a documented faunal list. Editions du Muséum d' Histoire naturelle, Genève, 237 pp.
  • Gosliner, T.M. (1991) The Opisthobranch Gastropod Fauna of the Galapagos Islands. In: M.J. James (ed.): Galápagos marine invertebrates. Taxonomy, biogeography, and evolution in Darwin´s islands. Plenum Press. New York and London, p. 281-305.
  • Hickman, C.P. Jr. Finet, Y. (1999) A Field Guide to the Marine Molluscs of Galápagos. Sugar Spring Press, Lexington, Virginia, 150 pp.
  • Keen, A.M. (1958) Sea Shells of Tropical West America. Stanford University Press, Palo Alto, 1st edition, 624 pp.
  • Sphon, G.G. Mulliner, D.K. (1972) A preliminary list of known Opisthobranchs from the Galapagos Islands collected by the Ameripagos Expedition. The Veliger 15(2): 147-152.
  • Vinueza, L. Flores, M. (2002) Comunidades intermareales. In: Danulat, E. & Edgar, G.J. (eds.) (2002): Reserva Marina de Galápagos. Línea Base de la Biodiversidad. Fundación Charles Darwin/Servicio Parque Nacional Galápagos, Santa Cruz, Galápagos, Ecuador, p. 98-118.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Dolabrifera dolabrifera", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=8764. Accessed 30 October 2026.