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Taxonomy
Family:
PLEUROBRANCHAEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Ringipleura (Subterclass)
> Nudipleura (Superorder)
> Pleurobranchida (Order)
> Pleurobranchoidea (Superfamily)
> Pleurobranchaeidae (Family)
> Pleurobranchaea (Genus)
> maculata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Koonsia Verrill, 1882
=Macfarlandaea Ev. Marcus & Gosliner, 1984
=Pleurobranchidium Leue, 1813
=Pleurobranchillus Bergh, 1892
Synonymised Names:
=Pleurobranchaea novaezealandiae Cheeseman, 1878
=Pleurobranchidium maculatum Quoy & Gairmard, 1832
Images: Pleurobranchaea maculata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
Pilot Bay, Mt. Maunganui, Bay of Plenty, NZ. 80mm. © Matthew Jones
Taxonomy
Family:
PLEUROBRANCHAEIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Ringipleura (Subterclass)
> Nudipleura (Superorder)
> Pleurobranchida (Order)
> Pleurobranchoidea (Superfamily)
> Pleurobranchaeidae (Family)
> Pleurobranchaea (Genus)
> maculata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Koonsia Verrill, 1882
=Macfarlandaea Ev. Marcus & Gosliner, 1984
=Pleurobranchidium Leue, 1813
=Pleurobranchillus Bergh, 1892
Synonymised Names:
=Pleurobranchaea novaezealandiae Cheeseman, 1878
=Pleurobranchidium maculatum Quoy & Gairmard, 1832
Details: Pleurobranchaea maculata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)
Size/Grows to:
Animal 95mm
Distribution:
North and South Islands
Geographical Range:
ACF
Notes:
Marine, Shell absent
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Morley, M.S., Hayward, B.W. 2015 Intertidal records of 'sea slugs' (nudibranchs and allied opisthobranch gastropods) from northern North Island, New Zealand, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 50 (p.65)
  • Willan, R.C. 1983 New Zealand side-gilled sea slugs (Opisthobranchia: Notaspidea: Pleurobranchidae), Malacologia, 23(2) (p.254)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.282)

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
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil