Species List for Family: Nuculanidae
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- Ledella finlayi Powell, 1935
Length 4.5mm, Height 3mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
Northern and far southern North Island, eastern South Island and Chatham Rise, from 168-725m
- Ledella herdmani Dell, 1953
Length 2.5mm, Height 1.8mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
East Cape to Otago and Chatham Rise
- Jupiteria manawatawhia (Powell, 1937)
Width 4.2mm, Height 2.9mm, Thickness 2mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
Middlesex Bank, Three Kings and Poor Knights Islands, Ranfurly Bank, and northern Challenger Plateau, from 63-805m - Jupiteria wolffi Dell, 1956
Length 8mm, Height 5mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
Northern and south-eastern North Island, eastern South Island and Chatham Rise, from 256-660m
- Nuculana investigator Dell, 1952
Width 4.8mm, Height 2.3mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
North-eastern and southern North Island, south-eastern South Island, Challenger Plateau and Chatham Rise, from 527-1006m
- Saccella hedleyi (Fleming, 1951)
Length 8.2mm, Height 5mm, Thickness 4mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
Northern and south-western North Island, eastern South Island and Chatham Rise, from 110-657m
- Saccella maxwelli Beu, 2006
Length 10mm, Height 5.2mm, Thickness 4mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
North, South, Stewart, Auckland and Chatham Islands, from 15-530m
- Parayoldiella kermadecensis (Knudsen, 1970)
Length 8.2mm, Height 5.1mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
Kermadec Trench off northern NZ, deep water, from 8210-8300m - Poroleda lanceolata (Hutton, 1885)
Length 18mm, Height 6mm
Marine, Native - Endemic
North, South, Stewart and Chatham Islands. In soft mud, from 15-517m
NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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