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Taxonomy
Family:
GLAUCIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Ringipleura (Subterclass)
> Nudipleura (Superorder)
> Nudibranchia (Order)
> Cladobranchia (Suborder)
> Aeolidioidea (Superfamily)
> Glaucidae (Family)
> Glaucilla (Genus)
> bennettae (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Glaucus bennettae Churchill, Valdés & Ó Foighil, 2014
Images: Glaucilla bennettae (Churchill, Valdés & Ó Foighil, 2014)
A pelagic species, occasionally washing up on northern beaches. Tapotupotu Bay, Far North, NZ. ~20mm
Taxonomy
Family:
GLAUCIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Ringipleura (Subterclass)
> Nudipleura (Superorder)
> Nudibranchia (Order)
> Cladobranchia (Suborder)
> Aeolidioidea (Superfamily)
> Glaucidae (Family)
> Glaucilla (Genus)
> bennettae (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Glaucus bennettae Churchill, Valdés & Ó Foighil, 2014
Details: Glaucilla bennettae (Churchill, Valdés & Ó Foighil, 2014)
Distribution:
Tropical Indo-Western Pacific. Recently recorded from the Far North, NZ
Geographical Range:
A
Notes:
Marine, Pelagic. The cerata grow in multiple rows from each extension arch, while similar Glaucus atlanticus has cerata arranged in a single row around each arch. The foot of bennettae is uniformly dark blue, while that of atlanticus has a silver stripe down the middle. The tail of atlanticus is much longer too
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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