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Taxonomy
Family:
DORIDIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Ringipleura (Subterclass)
> Nudipleura (Superorder)
> Nudibranchia (Order)
> Doridina (Suborder)
> Doridoidei (Infraorder)
> Doridoidea (Superfamily)
> Dorididae (Family)
> Aphelodoris (Genus)
> luctuosa (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Aphelodoris affinis Eliot, 1907
=Aphelodoris cheesemani Eliot, 1907
=Doris luctuosa Cheeseman, 1882
Images: Aphelodoris luctuosa (Cheeseman, 1882)
In shallow rock pool at low tide, Far North, NZ. ~30mm
Tapotupotu Bay, Far North, in a rock pool at low tide. ~40mm
In rock pools, Tapotupotu Bay, Far North, NZ. ~40mm
Taxonomy
Family:
DORIDIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Ringipleura (Subterclass)
> Nudipleura (Superorder)
> Nudibranchia (Order)
> Doridina (Suborder)
> Doridoidei (Infraorder)
> Doridoidea (Superfamily)
> Dorididae (Family)
> Aphelodoris (Genus)
> luctuosa (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Aphelodoris affinis Eliot, 1907
=Aphelodoris cheesemani Eliot, 1907
=Doris luctuosa Cheeseman, 1882
Details: Aphelodoris luctuosa (Cheeseman, 1882)
Size/Grows to:
Animal 75mm
Distribution:
Throughout New Zealand
Geographical Range:
ACFE.
Notes:
Marine, Endemic
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.66)
  • Willan, R.C., Morton, J.E. 1984 Opisthobranchia, Marine Molluscs, University of Auckland, Leigh Marine Laboratory, 2 (p.88)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.287)
  • Cheeseman, T.F. 1882 On two species of nudibranchiate Mollusca., Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, 14 (p.213)

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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