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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
Geographical Range:
F
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)

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