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Taxonomy
Family:
JANOLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Ringipleura (Subterclass)
> Nudipleura (Superorder)
> Nudibranchia (Order)
> Cladobranchia (Suborder)
> Proctonotoidea (Superfamily)
> Janolidae (Family)
> Janolus (Genus)
> mokohinau (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Janus Vérany, 1844
Images: Janolus mokohinau M.C. Miller & Willan, 1986
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Taxonomy
Family:
JANOLIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Ringipleura (Subterclass)
> Nudipleura (Superorder)
> Nudibranchia (Order)
> Cladobranchia (Suborder)
> Proctonotoidea (Superfamily)
> Janolidae (Family)
> Janolus (Genus)
> mokohinau (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Janus Vérany, 1844
Details: Janolus mokohinau M.C. Miller & Willan, 1986
Size/Grows to:
Animal 32mm
Distribution:
North Island east coast offshore islands, 12-24 metres. Mokohinau Islands 6-18 metres, Poor Knights Islands 12 metres, Three Kings Islands 24 metres, Cavalli Islands 12 metres
Geographical Range:
AE.
Notes:
Marine, Endemic
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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