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Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Heterobranchia (Subclass) > Euthyneura (Infraclass) > Tectipleura (Subterclass) > Aplysiida (Order) > Aplysioidea (Superfamily) > Aplysiidae (Family)
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  • Family: Aplysiidae

  • Aplysia argus Rüppell & Leuckart, 1830
    Animal 400mm
    Marine
    Northland. Worldwide in warm seas
    KA
  • Aplysia extraordinaria (Allan, 1932)
    Animal 400mm
    Sea Hare, Marine, An active swimmer, vigorously flapping its large parapodia and flexing its body up and down
    Kermadec Islands. Several specimens seen subtidally down to 30 metres in sand and fine gravel. Great Barrier Island below low tide
    KA
  • Aplysia juliana (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
    Animal 300mm
    Marine
    North, South and Stewart Island. Intertidal and shallow subtidal. Also widespread in Pacific Ocean
    ACF
  • Aplysia keraudreni Rang, 1828
    Animal 250mm
    Marine
    North and South Islands. Also Society Islands
    ACF
  • Aplysia cf. parvula
    Animal 75mm
    Marine
    North and South Island, and Australia
    KACF
  • Aplysia sagamiana Baba, 1949
    Animal 350mm
    Marine
    A
  • Bursatella leachii Blainville, 1817
    Animal 120mm
    Ragged Sea Hare, Marine, No internal shell
    North Island
    A
  • Dolabrifera brazieri G.B. Sowerby II, 1870
    Length 16mm, Width 7mm. Animal 100mm
    Marine
    Northland east coast. Also New South Wales, Australia and Kermadec Islands
    KA
  • Stylocheilus longicauda (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825)
    Animal 75mm
    Marine, Shell absent. Slimmer body and longer tail than Bursatella leachii
    Northland, low intertidal. Also New South Wales, Australia and Lord Howe Island, intertidal to subtidal down to at least 27 metres
    A
  • Stylocheilus striatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
    Marine
    Circum-tropical (Indo-West Pacific and Atlantic)
    A
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