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Taxonomy
Family:
FIONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Ringipleura (Subterclass)
> Nudipleura (Superorder)
> Nudibranchia (Order)
> Cladobranchia (Suborder)
> Fionoidea (Superfamily)
> Fionidae (Family)
> Fiona (Genus)
> pinnata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Dolicheolis Finlay, 1926
=Hymenaeolis A. Costa, 1866
=Oithona Alder & Hancock, 1851
Synonymised Names:
=Aeolis plicata Hutton, 1882
=Dolicheolis longicauda (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
=Doris fasciculata Gmelin, 1791
=Eolidia longicauda Quoy & Gaimard, 1832
=Eolidia natans d'Orbigny, 1837
=olidia pinnata Eschscholtz, 1831
=Fiona atlantica Bergh, 1857
=Fiona marina Eliot, 1910
=Hymenaeolis elegantissima A. Costa 1867
=Limax marinus Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775
=Oithona nobilis Alder & Hancock, 1851
Images: Fiona pinnata (Eschscholtz, 1831)
Washed up in the Far North, on a plastic bottle covered in Goose Barnacles. ~20-25mm
Washed up in the Far North, on a plastic bottle covered in Goose Barnacles. ~20-25mm
Taxonomy
Family:
FIONIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Ringipleura (Subterclass)
> Nudipleura (Superorder)
> Nudibranchia (Order)
> Cladobranchia (Suborder)
> Fionoidea (Superfamily)
> Fionidae (Family)
> Fiona (Genus)
> pinnata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Dolicheolis Finlay, 1926
=Hymenaeolis A. Costa, 1866
=Oithona Alder & Hancock, 1851
Synonymised Names:
=Aeolis plicata Hutton, 1882
=Dolicheolis longicauda (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
=Doris fasciculata Gmelin, 1791
=Eolidia longicauda Quoy & Gaimard, 1832
=Eolidia natans d'Orbigny, 1837
=olidia pinnata Eschscholtz, 1831
=Fiona atlantica Bergh, 1857
=Fiona marina Eliot, 1910
=Hymenaeolis elegantissima A. Costa 1867
=Limax marinus Forsskål in Niebuhr, 1775
=Oithona nobilis Alder & Hancock, 1851
Details: Fiona pinnata (Eschscholtz, 1831)
Size/Grows to:
Animal 40mm
Distribution:
North, South Chatham, Campbell Islands. Also Mediterranean Sea, Western Atlantic, California and Australia
Geographical Range:
ACFMAn
Notes:
Marine, Pelagic. Wide ranging pelagic species, attached to drifting kelp, wood or any other floating material
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.73)
  • Willan, R.C. 1980 New Zealand locality records for the aeolid nudibranch Fiona pinnata (Eschscholtz), Tane, 25 (p.142)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.289)

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
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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