Antiopella novozealandicus (Eliot, 1907)Species Images
Alive under a rock at low tide, Houhora Heads, Far North, NZ. Approx. 20mm
Alive under a rock at low tide, Houhora Heads, Far North, NZ. Approx. 20mm
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Taxonomy: Antiopella novozealandicus (Eliot, 1907)
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)
Family:
JANOLIDAE
Genus Synonyms:
=Antiopa Alder & Hancock, 1848
Synonymised Names:
=Janolus novozealandicus (Eliot, 1907)
Details: Antiopella novozealandicus (Eliot, 1907)
Size/Grows to:
Length 24mm (animal)
Distribution:
North, South and Stewart Island. Low tide to about 50 meres
Geographical Range:
ACFE.
Notes:
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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.72)
- Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.288)
Key to 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
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