Species List for Subfamily: Cantharidinae
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Click here to filter list on Geographical RangeSubfamily: Cantharidinae
- Cantharidus antipodum (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1854)
Width 12mm, Height 10mm
Marine, Endemic
South Island, Otago to Stewart Island, Snares, Campbell, Auckland and Antipodes Islands. Under kelp holdfasts
FAnE.
- Cantharidus capillaceus (Philippi, 1848)
Height 28mm, Width 20mm
Marine
Auckland, Campbell and Antipodes Islands
An
- Cantharidus dilatatus (G.B. Sowerby II, 1870)
Height 9mm, Width 8mm
Marine, Endemic
North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands. On kelp at low tide to about 5 metres
ACFME.
- Cantharidus festivus (B.A. Marshall, 1998)
Height 6.2mm
Marine, Endemic
Off Three Kings Islands and off Cape Reinga, Far North, 13-88 metres
AE.
- Cantharidus fulminatus (Hutton, 1873)
Width 8mm, Height 8mm
Marine, Endemic
Chatham Islands, intertidal to shallow water
ME.
- Cantharidus opalus (Martyn, 1784)
Height 53mm, Width 39mm
Opal Top Shell, Marine, Endemic
North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands. Littoral to moderate depths
ACFME.
- Cantharidus puysegurensis (Powell, 1939)
Width 5.5mm, Height 5.0mm
Marine, Endemic, Distinct flattened base and wide umbilicus
South Island
CFE.
- Cantharidus turneri (Powell, 1939)
Width 9mm, Height 8mm
Marine, Endemic
Southland, Stewart Island, Snares, Auckland and Campbell Islands. On seaweed covered rocks
FAnE.
- Micrelenchus burchorum B.A. Marshall, 1998
Height 26mm, Width 16mm
Marine, Endemic
Off Three Kings Islands, 5-33 metres on algae. Middlesex Bank and King Bank, 7-805 metres
AE.
- Micrelenchus huttonii (E.A. Smith, 1876)
Height 11.5mm
Marine, Endemic
Bay of Islands south, and Stewart Island. 0-7 metres, Inhabits sheltered waters, especially Zostera, sea-grass, on tidal flats and sheltered rock pools
ACFE.
- Micrelenchus purpureus (Gmelin, 1791)
Height 35mm, Width 21mm
Marine, Endemic
North and South Island. On seaweed at low tide to about 120 metres
ACE.
- Micrelenchus sanguineus (Gray in Dieffenbach, 1843)
Height 8mm, Width 7mm
Marine, Endemic
North, South and Stewart Island
ACFE.
- Micrelenchus tenebrosus A. Adams, 1853
Height 11mm, Width 10mm
Marine, Endemic, Coastal, open water on seaweed and under kelp holdfasts
Southern North Island, South and Stewart Island. Under stones in coastal regions
ACFE.
- Micrelenchus tessellatus (A. Adams, 1851)
Height 9mm, Width 8mm
Marine, Endemic
North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands
ACFE.
- Roseaplagis artizona A. Adams, 1853
Height 8mm, Width 6mm
Marine, Endemic
Southern North Island to Stewart Island
CFE.
- Roseaplagis caelatus Hutton, 1884
Height 6mm, Width 5mm
Marine, Endemic
Otago to Stewart Island, Snares Islands
FE.
- Roseaplagis mortenseni (Odhner, 1924)
Height 7mm, Width 6mm
Marine, Endemic
South Island. From Otago south to Stewart Island. Chatham, Auckland, Campbell, Antipodes and Bounty Islands. In beach drift. Living at 10-244 metres
CFMAnE.
- Roseaplagis rufozona A. Adams, 1853
Height 8mm, Width 7mm
Marine, Endemic
North Island to Cook Strait. In shell sand
ACE.
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
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