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Taxonomy
Family:
DISCODORIDIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Ringipleura (Subterclass)
> Nudipleura (Superorder)
> Nudibranchia (Order)
> Doridina (Suborder)
> Doridoidei (Infraorder)
> Doridoidea (Superfamily)
> Discodorididae (Family)
> Paradoris (Genus)
> dubia (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Percunas Ev. Marcus, 1971
Synonymised Names:
=Alloiodoris nivosus Burn, 1958
=Discodoris dubia Bergh, 1904
=Discodoris egena Bergh, 1904
=Paradoris leuca M.C. Miller, 1995
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Taxonomy
Family:
DISCODORIDIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Ringipleura (Subterclass)
> Nudipleura (Superorder)
> Nudibranchia (Order)
> Doridina (Suborder)
> Doridoidei (Infraorder)
> Doridoidea (Superfamily)
> Discodorididae (Family)
> Paradoris (Genus)
> dubia (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Percunas Ev. Marcus, 1971
Synonymised Names:
=Alloiodoris nivosus Burn, 1958
=Discodoris dubia Bergh, 1904
=Discodoris egena Bergh, 1904
=Paradoris leuca M.C. Miller, 1995
Details: Paradoris dubia (Bergh, 1904)
Size/Grows to:
Animal 30mm
Distribution:
Moeraki, Otago, South Island, intertidal
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Padula, V., Valdés, Á. 2012 Phylogeny and biogeography of Paradoris (Nudibranchia, Discodorididae), with the description of a new species from the Caribbean Sea, The Veliger, 51 (p.174)
  • Dayrat, B. 2006 A taxonomic revision of Paradoris sea slugs (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Nudibranchia, Doridina), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 147 (p.140)
  • Miller, M.C. 1995 New species of the dorid nudibranch genus Paradoris Bergh, 1884 (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia) from New Zealand, Journal of Natural History, 29 (p.904)

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