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Species List for Family: Limopsidae
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  • Family: Limopsidae

  • Limopsis lata (E.A. Smith, 1885)
    Width 8.5mm, Height 8.5mm
    Marine, Native - Non-endemic
    Southern Lord Howe Rise, West Norfolk Ridge, Kermadec Ridge, eastern North Island, south-eastern South Island, Bounty Plateau, Bounty Trough, Chatham Rise and Challenger Plateau. Trawled about 550-1300 metres
    KAC
  • Limopsis proceritas Crozier, 1966
    Height 10mm, Width 8mm
    Marine, Native - Non-endemic
    Southern Norfolk Ridge, West Norfolk Ridge, Three Kings Rise, Three Kings Islands, ENE of North Cape (Cavalli Seamount), Kermadec Ridge, trawled in 800 metres
    KA
  • Limopsis tasmani (Dell, 1956)
    Marine, Native - Endemic
    ACFMAn
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