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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
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)

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
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