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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)
> rudmani (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Drepania Lafont, 1874
=Drepanida MacFarland, 1931
Images: Trapania rudmani M.C. Miller, 1981
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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)
> rudmani (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Drepania Lafont, 1874
=Drepanida MacFarland, 1931
Details: Trapania rudmani M.C. Miller, 1981
Size/Grows to:
Animal 8mm
Distribution:
Throughout New Zealand and Auckland Islands
Geographical Range:
AC
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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.74)
  • Miller, M.C. 1981 Trapania rudmani, a new dorid nudibranch (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia) from New Zealand, New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 8(1) (p.6) 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