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Taxonomy
Family:
DENDRODORIDIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Ringipleura (Subterclass)
> Nudipleura (Superorder)
> Nudibranchia (Order)
> Doridina (Suborder)
> Doridoidei (Infraorder)
> Phyllidioidea (Superfamily)
> Dendrodorididae (Family)
> Dendrodoris (Genus)
> nigra (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Doridopsis Alder & Hancock, 1864
=Hanstellodoris Pease, 1871
Synonymised Names:
=Doris nigra Stimpson, 1855
Images: Dendrodoris nigra (Stimpson, 1855)
Under a rock, Henderson Bay, Far North, NZ. ~20mm. © rights reserved
Under a rock, Henderson Bay, Far North, NZ. ~20mm. © rights reserved
In a shallow sandy rock pool, Henderson Bay, Far North, NZ. ~40mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©tangatawhenua
Taxonomy
Family:
DENDRODORIDIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Ringipleura (Subterclass)
> Nudipleura (Superorder)
> Nudibranchia (Order)
> Doridina (Suborder)
> Doridoidei (Infraorder)
> Phyllidioidea (Superfamily)
> Dendrodorididae (Family)
> Dendrodoris (Genus)
> nigra (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Doridopsis Alder & Hancock, 1864
=Hanstellodoris Pease, 1871
Synonymised Names:
=Doris nigra Stimpson, 1855
Details: Dendrodoris nigra (Stimpson, 1855)
Size/Grows to:
Animal 50mm
Distribution:
North Island and northern part of South Island. Also New South Wales, Australia
Notes:
Black Doris, 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.69)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.287)

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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