Dolabrifera brazieri G.B. Sowerby II, 1870Species Images
Under a rock in a shallow pool, Henderson Bay, Far North, NZ. 120-140mm
In shallow rock pool at low tide, Northland. ~120mm
In rock pools at low tide, Far North, NZ. Animal 80-100 mm
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Dolabrifera brazieri G.B. Sowerby II, 1870
Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Heterobranchia (Subclass) > Euthyneura (Infraclass) > Tectipleura (Subterclass) > Aplysiida (Order) > Aplysioidea (Superfamily) > Aplysiidae (Family) > Dolabriferinae (Subfamily) > Dolabrifera (Genus) > brazieri (Species)
Family: Subfamily:
APLYSIIDAE: DOLABRIFERINAE
Size/Grows to:
Height 16mm, Width 7mm, Length 100mm (animal)
Distribution:
Northland east coast. Also New South Wales, Australia and Kermadec Islands
Geographical Range:
KA
Notes:
Distribution Map
References and Publications
- Morley, M.S., Hayward, B.W. 2015 Intertidal records of 'sea slugs' (nudibranchs and allied opisthobranch gastropods) from northern North Island, New Zealand, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 50 (p.61)
- Brook, F.J., Marshall, B.A. 1998 The coastal molluscan fauna of the northern Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 28 (p.231)
- Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.281)
Key to Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species.
They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
