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Taxonomy
Family:
LIMAPONTIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Sacoglossa (Superorder)
> Plakobranchoidea (Superfamily)
> Limapontiidae (Family)
> Placida (Genus)
> dendritica (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Laura Trinchese, 1873
Synonymised Names:
=Calliopaea dendritica Alder & Hancock, 1843
=Hermaea brevicornis A. Costa 1867
=Hermaea capensis Macnae, 1954
=Hermaea dendritica (Alder & Hancock, 1843)
=Hermaea lutescens A. Costa, 1866
=Hermaea orbicularis A. Costa, 1866
=Hermaea ornata MacFarland, 1966
=Hermaea venosa Lovén, 1844
Images: Placida dendritica (Alder & Hancock, 1843)
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Taxonomy
Family:
LIMAPONTIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Sacoglossa (Superorder)
> Plakobranchoidea (Superfamily)
> Limapontiidae (Family)
> Placida (Genus)
> dendritica (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Laura Trinchese, 1873
Synonymised Names:
=Calliopaea dendritica Alder & Hancock, 1843
=Hermaea brevicornis A. Costa 1867
=Hermaea capensis Macnae, 1954
=Hermaea dendritica (Alder & Hancock, 1843)
=Hermaea lutescens A. Costa, 1866
=Hermaea orbicularis A. Costa, 1866
=Hermaea ornata MacFarland, 1966
=Hermaea venosa Lovén, 1844
Details: Placida dendritica (Alder & Hancock, 1843)
Size/Grows to:
Animal 3.5mm
Distribution:
Throughout New Zealand
Geographical Range:
ACF
Notes:
Marine, 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.62)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.283)

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