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Species List for Family: Limopsidae
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  • Family: Limopsidae

  • Limopsis lata (E.A. Smith, 1885)
    Width 8.5mm, Height 8.5mm
    Marine, Endemic
    Off eastern North Island, off West Nelson, off Taiaroa Heads, Otago. Trawled about 550-1300 metres
    ACE.
  • Limopsis proceritas Crozier, 1966
    Height 10mm, Width 8mm
    Marine, Endemic
    North of Three Kings Islands, trawled in 800 metres
    AE.
  • Limopsis tasmani (Dell, 1956)
    Marine, Endemic
    ACFMAnE.
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