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Taxonomy
Family:
PLACOBRANCHIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Sacoglossa (Superorder)
> Plakobranchoidea (Superfamily)
> Placobranchidae (Family)
> Elysia (Genus)
> maoria (Species)
Images: Elysia maoria Powell, 1937
In a sheltered rock pool, Far North, NZ. 12mm
Taxonomy
Family:
PLACOBRANCHIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Tectipleura (Subterclass)
> Sacoglossa (Superorder)
> Plakobranchoidea (Superfamily)
> Placobranchidae (Family)
> Elysia (Genus)
> maoria (Species)
Details: Elysia maoria Powell, 1937
Size/Grows to:
Animal 26mm
Distribution:
North Island. Also southern Australia
Geographical Range:
AC
Notes:
Marine, Shell absent. Lives on the green alga Codium adhaerens
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.63)
  • Jensen, K.R. 1993 Sacoglossa (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia) from Rottnest Island and central Western Australia. Pp 208-215 in F.E. Wells, D.I. Walker, H. Kirkman & R. Lethbridge (eds.) Proceedings of the Fifth International Marine Biological Workshop, The Marine Flora and Fauna of Rottnest Island, Western Australia, Western Australian Museum, Perth (p.222)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.283)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1937 New species of nudibrachiate Mollusca from Auckland waters., Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 2(2) (p.121) Original Description

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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