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Taxonomy
Family:
DISCODORIDIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Ringipleura (Subterclass)
> Nudipleura (Superorder)
> Nudibranchia (Order)
> Doridina (Suborder)
> Doridoidei (Infraorder)
> Doridoidea (Superfamily)
> Discodorididae (Family)
> Carminodoris (Genus)
> nodulosa (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Doris nodulosa Angas, 1864
=Homoiodoris novaezelandiae Bergh, 1904
=Hoplodoris nodulosa (Angas, 1864)
=Hoplodoris novaezelandiae (Bergh, 1904)
Images: Carminodoris nodulosa (Angas, 1864)
From 2-12 metres, off Harington Point, Otago, NZ. 30-40mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©chicky67
From 2-12 metres, off Harington Point, Otago, NZ. 30-40mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©chicky67
Taxonomy
Family:
DISCODORIDIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Ringipleura (Subterclass)
> Nudipleura (Superorder)
> Nudibranchia (Order)
> Doridina (Suborder)
> Doridoidei (Infraorder)
> Doridoidea (Superfamily)
> Discodorididae (Family)
> Carminodoris (Genus)
> nodulosa (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Doris nodulosa Angas, 1864
=Homoiodoris novaezelandiae Bergh, 1904
=Hoplodoris nodulosa (Angas, 1864)
=Hoplodoris novaezelandiae (Bergh, 1904)
Details: Carminodoris nodulosa (Angas, 1864)
Size/Grows to:
Animal 20mm
Distribution:
Throughout New Zealand
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.66)
  • Miller, M.C. 1991 On the identity of the dorid nudibranch Homoiodoris novaezelandiae Bergh, 1904 (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia), Journal of Natural History, 25 (p.295)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.286)

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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