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Taxonomy
Family:
DENDRODORIDIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Ringipleura (Subterclass)
> Nudipleura (Superorder)
> Nudibranchia (Order)
> Doridina (Suborder)
> Doridoidei (Infraorder)
> Phyllidioidea (Superfamily)
> Dendrodorididae (Family)
> Dendrodoris (Genus)
> krusensternii (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Doridopsis Alder & Hancock, 1864
=Hanstellodoris Pease, 1871
Synonymised Names:
=Actinodoris krusensternii Gray, 1850
=Dendrodoris clavulata (Alder & Hancock, 1864)
=Dendrodoris denisoni (Angas, 1864)
=Dendrodoris gemmacea (Alder & Hancock, 1864)
=Doridopsis clavulata Alder & Hancock, 1864
=Doridopsis gemmacea Alder & Hancock, 1864
=Doris denisoni Angas, 1864
Images: Dendrodoris krusensternii (Gray, 1850)
Below low tide on Corallina algae, Whangaparapa Peninsula, Auckland, NZ. ~50mm
Below low tide on Corallina algae, Whangaparapa Peninsula, Auckland, NZ. ~50mm
A large Nudibranch found intertidally to moderate depths. 60mm
Taxonomy
Family:
DENDRODORIDIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Ringipleura (Subterclass)
> Nudipleura (Superorder)
> Nudibranchia (Order)
> Doridina (Suborder)
> Doridoidei (Infraorder)
> Phyllidioidea (Superfamily)
> Dendrodorididae (Family)
> Dendrodoris (Genus)
> krusensternii (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Doridopsis Alder & Hancock, 1864
=Hanstellodoris Pease, 1871
Synonymised Names:
=Actinodoris krusensternii Gray, 1850
=Dendrodoris clavulata (Alder & Hancock, 1864)
=Dendrodoris denisoni (Angas, 1864)
=Dendrodoris gemmacea (Alder & Hancock, 1864)
=Doridopsis clavulata Alder & Hancock, 1864
=Doridopsis gemmacea Alder & Hancock, 1864
=Doris denisoni Angas, 1864
Details: Dendrodoris krusensternii (Gray, 1850)
Size/Grows to:
Animal 70mm
Distribution:
Three Kings Islands to Fiordland
Geographical Range:
ACF
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Valdés, Á., Fahey, S.J. 2006 Dorid nudibranchs described by J.E. Gray in M.E. Gray, 1842-1857 (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia), Records of the Western Australian Museum, supplement, 69 (p.97)
  • Willan, R.C., Morton, J.E. 1984 Opisthobranchia, Marine Molluscs, University of Auckland, Leigh Marine Laboratory, 2 (p.98)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.287)
  • Thompson, T.E. 1975 Dorid nudibranchs from eastern Australia (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia), Journal of Zoology, 176 (p.500)

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