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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
POLYCERIDAE: POLYCERINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Ringipleura (Subterclass)
> Nudipleura (Superorder)
> Nudibranchia (Order)
> Doridina (Suborder)
> Doridoidei (Infraorder)
> Polyceroidea (Superfamily)
> Polyceridae (Family)
> Polycerinae (Subfamily)
> Polycera (Genus)
> hedgpethi (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Galacera Risso-Dominguez, 1960
=Polyceras Locard, 1886
Synonymised Names:
=Polycera gnupa Er. & Ev. Marcus, 1967
Images: Polycera hedgpethi Er. Marcus, 1964
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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
POLYCERIDAE: POLYCERINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Ringipleura (Subterclass)
> Nudipleura (Superorder)
> Nudibranchia (Order)
> Doridina (Suborder)
> Doridoidei (Infraorder)
> Polyceroidea (Superfamily)
> Polyceridae (Family)
> Polycerinae (Subfamily)
> Polycera (Genus)
> hedgpethi (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Galacera Risso-Dominguez, 1960
=Polyceras Locard, 1886
Synonymised Names:
=Polycera gnupa Er. & Ev. Marcus, 1967
Details: Polycera hedgpethi Er. Marcus, 1964
Size/Grows to:
Animal 29mm
Distribution:
U.S.A. Western Coast, Japan, South Africa, Italy, Australia, and New Zealand
Geographical Range:
A
Notes:
Marine
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.70)
  • Miller, M.C. 2001 Descriptions of the dorid nudibranchs Polycera hedgpethi Marcus, 1964 and P. fujitai Baba, 1937 in New Zealand (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia), Journal of Molluscan Studies, 67 (p.489)
  • Willan, R.C., Coleman, N. 1984 Nudibranchs of Australasia, Neville Coleman's Australasian Marine Photographic Index, Sydney (p.14)

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