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Taxonomy
Family:
PLACOBRANCHIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Sacoglossa (Superorder)
> Plakobranchoidea (Superfamily)
> Placobranchidae (Family)
> Elysia (Genus)
> maoria (Species)
Images: Elysia maoria Powell, 1937
In a sheltered rock pool, Far North, NZ. 12mm
Taxonomy
Family:
PLACOBRANCHIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Sacoglossa (Superorder)
> Plakobranchoidea (Superfamily)
> Placobranchidae (Family)
> Elysia (Genus)
> maoria (Species)
Details: Elysia maoria Powell, 1937
Size/Grows to:
Animal 26mm
Distribution:
North Island. Also southern Australia
Geographical Range:
AC
Notes:
Marine, Shell absent. Lives on the green alga Codium adhaerens
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Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing 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
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