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Taxonomy
Family:
FASCELINIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Ringipleura (Subterclass)
> Nudipleura (Superorder)
> Nudibranchia (Order)
> Cladobranchia (Suborder)
> Aeolidioidea (Superfamily)
> Fascelinidae (Family)
> Favorinus (Genus)
> tsuruganus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Matharena Bergh in Mörch, 1871
Images: Favorinus tsuruganus Baba & Abe, 1964
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Taxonomy
Family:
FASCELINIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Ringipleura (Subterclass)
> Nudipleura (Superorder)
> Nudibranchia (Order)
> Cladobranchia (Suborder)
> Aeolidioidea (Superfamily)
> Fascelinidae (Family)
> Favorinus (Genus)
> tsuruganus (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Matharena Bergh in Mörch, 1871
Details: Favorinus tsuruganus Baba & Abe, 1964
Size/Grows to:
Animal 15mm
Distribution:
Originally described from Japan, and found uncommonly in Eastern Australia down to Sydney. Also found in New Caledonia and northern NZ
Geographical Range:
A
Notes:
Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Baba, K., Abe, T. 1975 Comments on further specimens of Favorinus tsuruganus Baba & Abe from Echizen-cho near Tsuruga Bay, Japan (Nudibranchia: Eolidoidea: Favorinidae), Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, 22(1-4) (p.117)
  • Baba, K., Abe, T. 1964 Record of Favorinus tsuruganus n. sp., from Tsuruga Bay, Japan (Nudibranchia - Eolidoidea), Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, 12(2) (p.163)

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
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil