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Dendrodoris nigra (Stimpson, 1855)Species Images
Under a rock, Henderson Bay, Far North, NZ. Approx. 20mm
Under a rock, Henderson Bay, Far North, NZ. Approx. 20mm
In a shallow sandy rock pool, Henderson Bay, Far North, NZ. Approx. 40mm. Reproduced courtesy of iNaturalist.nz ©tangatawhenua
Taxonomy: Dendrodoris nigra (Stimpson, 1855)
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)
Family:
DENDRODORIDIDAE
Genus Synonyms:
=Doridopsis Alder & Hancock, 1864
=Hanstellodoris Pease, 1871
Synonymised Names:
=Doris nigra Stimpson, 1855
Details: Dendrodoris nigra (Stimpson, 1855)
Size/Grows to:
Length 50mm (animal)
Distribution:
North Island and northern part of South Island. Also New South Wales, Australia
Geographical Range:
AC
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)

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
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil