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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)
> Stylocheilus (Genus)
> longicauda (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Aplysia citrina Rang, 1828
=Aplysia longicauda Quoy & Gaimard, 1825
=Aplysia nudata Rang, 1828
=Stylocheilus citrinus (Rang, 1828)
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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)
> Stylocheilus (Genus)
> longicauda (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Aplysia citrina Rang, 1828
=Aplysia longicauda Quoy & Gaimard, 1825
=Aplysia nudata Rang, 1828
=Stylocheilus citrinus (Rang, 1828)
Details: Stylocheilus longicauda (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
Size/Grows to:
Animal 75mm
Distribution:
All tropical and warmer temperate seas. North-east North Island to Hauraki Gulf, from 30m
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic, Intertidal. Shell absent
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.61)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.281)

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil