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Species List for Family: Chilodontaidae
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  • Family: Chilodontaidae

  • Danilia insperata Beu & Climo, 1974
    Height 13mm, Width 11mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Deep water off Cook Strait. Nicholson Canyon, off Turakirae Head
    C
  • Herpetopoma alacerrimum Dell, 1956
    Width 5mm, Height 5mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    North Island and Chatham Islands
    C
  • Herpetopoma bellum (Hutton, 1873)
    Height 6.5mm, Width 6.5mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic, Common under stones at low tide, often covered by a bright red or orange sponge
    North Island, northern South Island and Chatham Islands
    ACM
  • Herpetopoma benthicola Powell, 1937
    Height 3.5mm, Width 3.0mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Off Three Kings Islands to Northland
    A
  • Herpetopoma larochei (Powell, 1926)
    Height 4.9mm, Width 5.0mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    North Island, Northland to Mahia
    AC
  • Herpetopoma mariae Finlay, 1930
    Height 17mm, Width 14.5mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    Northland
    A
  • Herpetopoma pruinosum (B.A. Marshall, 1979)
    Height 3.3mm, Width 2.85mm
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    E of Chanter Islets, Raoul Island
    K
  • Vaceuchelus foveolatus (A. Adams, 1853)
    Height 5.5mm, Width 5.3mm
    Marine
    Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands
    K
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