Species List for Family: Nuculanidae
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- Ledella finlayi Powell, 1935
Length 4.5mm, Height 3mm
Marine, Endemic
Off North Cape to Otago and Chatham Islands
ACFME.
- Ledella herdmani Dell, 1953
Length 2.5mm, Height 1.8mm
Marine, Endemic
East Cape to Otago and Chatham Rise
ME.
- Ledella kermadecensis Knudsen, 1970
Length 5.4mm
Marine, Endemic
Kermadec Trench, 8210-8300 metres
KAE. - Jupiteria manawatawhia (Powell, 1937)
Width 4.2mm, Height 2.9mm, Thickness 2mm
Marine, Endemic
Off Three Kings Islands, Ranfurly Bank, East Cape and Challenger Plateau
ACE. - Jupiteria wolffi Dell, 1956
Length 8mm, Height 5mm
Marine, Endemic
Off Northland, Bay of Plenty, Otago, Chatham Rise and off Chatham Islands
ACFME.
- Nuculana investigator Dell, 1952
Width 4.8mm, Height 2.3mm
Marine, Endemic
Tasman Sea. Off West Coast North Island 980 metres
CE.
- Saccella hedleyi (Fleming, 1951)
Length 8.2mm, Height 5mm, Thickness 4mm
Marine, Endemic
North Island and Chatham Rise
ACME.
- Saccella maxwelli Beu, 2006
Length 10mm, Height 5.2mm, Thickness 4mm
Marine, Endemic
North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands
ACFME.
- Parayoldiella kermadecensis (Knudsen, 1970)
Length 8.2mm, Height 5.1mm
Marine, Endemic
Kermadec Trench off northern NZ, deep water
KE. - Poroleda lanceolata (Hutton, 1885)
Length 18mm, Height 6mm
Marine, Endemic
North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands. In soft mud from 10-180 metres
ACFME.
Key to 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
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