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Taxonomy
Family:
GONIODORIDIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Ringipleura (Subterclass)
> Nudipleura (Superorder)
> Nudibranchia (Order)
> Doridina (Suborder)
> Doridoidei (Infraorder)
> Onchidoridoidea (Superfamily)
> Goniodorididae (Family)
> Trapania (Genus)
> brunnea (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Drepania Lafont, 1874
=Drepanida MacFarland, 1931
Images: Trapania brunnea Rudman, 1987
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Taxonomy
Family:
GONIODORIDIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Ringipleura (Subterclass)
> Nudipleura (Superorder)
> Nudibranchia (Order)
> Doridina (Suborder)
> Doridoidei (Infraorder)
> Onchidoridoidea (Superfamily)
> Goniodorididae (Family)
> Trapania (Genus)
> brunnea (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Drepania Lafont, 1874
=Drepanida MacFarland, 1931
Details: Trapania brunnea Rudman, 1987
Size/Grows to:
Animal 5mm
Distribution:
Northland. Poor Knights Islands
Geographical Range:
A
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Willan, R.C. 1989 First record of the nudibranch Trapania brunnea Rudman in New Zealand waters with comments on intraspecific variation in the species, The Veliger, 32(2) (p.182)
  • Rudman, W.B. 1987 The genus Trapania (Nudibranchia: Goniodorididae) in the Indo-West Pacific., Journal of Molluscan Studies, 53 (p.190) 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