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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)
> Antiopella (Genus)
> novozealandicus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Antiopa Alder & Hancock, 1848
Synonymised Names:
=Janolus novozealandicus (Eliot, 1907)
Images: Antiopella novozealandicus (Eliot, 1907)
Alive under a rock at low tide, Houhora Heads, Far North, NZ. ~20mm. © rights reserved
Alive under a rock at low tide, Houhora Heads, Far North, NZ. ~20mm. © rights reserved
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)
> Antiopella (Genus)
> novozealandicus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Antiopa Alder & Hancock, 1848
Synonymised Names:
=Janolus novozealandicus (Eliot, 1907)
Details: Antiopella novozealandicus (Eliot, 1907)
Size/Grows to:
Animal 24mm
Distribution:
North, South and Stewart Island. Low tide to about 50 meres
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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.72)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.288)

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