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Taxonomy
Family:
ARMINIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Ringipleura (Subterclass)
> Nudipleura (Superorder)
> Nudibranchia (Order)
> Cladobranchia (Suborder)
> Arminoidea (Superfamily)
> Arminidae (Family)
> Dermatobranchus (Genus)
> rubidus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Dermatobranchopsis Baba, 1949
=Pleuroleura Bergh, 1874
Synonymised Names:
=Dermatobranchus pulcherrimus M.C. Miller & Willan, 1986
=Diphyllidia rubida A.A. Gould, 1852
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Taxonomy
Family:
ARMINIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Ringipleura (Subterclass)
> Nudipleura (Superorder)
> Nudibranchia (Order)
> Cladobranchia (Suborder)
> Arminoidea (Superfamily)
> Arminidae (Family)
> Dermatobranchus (Genus)
> rubidus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Dermatobranchopsis Baba, 1949
=Pleuroleura Bergh, 1874
Synonymised Names:
=Dermatobranchus pulcherrimus M.C. Miller & Willan, 1986
=Diphyllidia rubida A.A. Gould, 1852
Details: Dermatobranchus rubidus (A.A. Gould, 1852)
Size/Grows to:
Animal 29mm
Distribution:
Northland east coast. Colville Channel, Hauraki Gulf, trawled 55 metres. Bank off McLeods Bay, Whangarei Harbour. Also Victoria and Tasmania, Australia, and Bass Strait
Notes:
Marine
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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., Willan, R.C. 1986 A review of the New Zealand Arminacean Nudibranchs (Opisthobranchia: Arminacea), New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 13(3) (p.384)

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