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Taxonomy
Family:
APLYSIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Aplysiida (Order)
> Aplysioidea (Superfamily)
> Aplysiidae (Family)
> Aplysia (Genus)
> cf. parvula (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Aplysia (Aplysia) Linnaeus, 1767 accepted, alternate representation
=Aplysia (Metaplysia) Pilsbry, 1951
=Aplysia (Neaplysia) J.G. Cooper, 1863 accepted, alternate representation
=Aplysia (Pruvotaplysia) Engel, 1936 accepted, alternate representation
=Aplysia (Subaplysia) M. Medina, T. Collins & Walsh, 2005
=Aplysia (Tullia) Pruvot-Fol, 1933 accepted, alternate representation
=Aplysia (Varria) Eales, 1960 accepted, alternate representation
=Aplysiopsis Bergh, 1898
=Laplysia Linnaeus, 1767
=Phyllobranchopsis Eliot, 1905
=Pruvotaplysia Engel, 1936
=Tullia Pruvot-Fol, 1933
=Varria Eales, 1960
Images: Aplysia cf. parvula
Seen in rock pools, Far North, NZ
In a shallow rock pool at low tide, Far North, NZ. 50-60mm
A species of sea-hare found below low tide. Photographed off White Island. ~70mm
Taxonomy
Family:
APLYSIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Aplysiida (Order)
> Aplysioidea (Superfamily)
> Aplysiidae (Family)
> Aplysia (Genus)
> cf. parvula (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Aplysia (Aplysia) Linnaeus, 1767 accepted, alternate representation
=Aplysia (Metaplysia) Pilsbry, 1951
=Aplysia (Neaplysia) J.G. Cooper, 1863 accepted, alternate representation
=Aplysia (Pruvotaplysia) Engel, 1936 accepted, alternate representation
=Aplysia (Subaplysia) M. Medina, T. Collins & Walsh, 2005
=Aplysia (Tullia) Pruvot-Fol, 1933 accepted, alternate representation
=Aplysia (Varria) Eales, 1960 accepted, alternate representation
=Aplysiopsis Bergh, 1898
=Laplysia Linnaeus, 1767
=Phyllobranchopsis Eliot, 1905
=Pruvotaplysia Engel, 1936
=Tullia Pruvot-Fol, 1933
=Varria Eales, 1960
Details: Aplysia cf. parvula
Size/Grows to:
Animal 75mm
Distribution:
North and South Island, and Australia
Geographical Range:
KACF
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Golestani, H., Crocetta, F., Padula, V., Camacho-Garcia, Y.E., Langeneck, J., Poursandidis, J., Pola, M., Yokes, M., Cervera, J.L., Jung, D., Gosliner, T.M., Araya, J.F., Hooker, J., Schrödl, M., Valdés, Á. 2019 The little Aplysia is coming of age: from one species to a complex of species complexes in Aplysia parvula (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Heterobranchia), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 187(2) (p.279)
  • Nimbs, M.J., Willan, R.C., Smith, S.D.A. 2017 Is Port Stephens, eastern Australia, a global hotspot for biodiversity of Aplysiidae (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia), Molluscan Research, 37 (p.62)
  • 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.59)
  • Brook, F.J., Marshall, B.A. 1998 The coastal molluscan fauna of the northern Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 28 (p.231)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.281)

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
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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