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Taxonomy
Family:
GONIODORIDIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Ringipleura (Subterclass)
> Nudipleura (Superorder)
> Nudibranchia (Order)
> Doridina (Suborder)
> Doridoidei (Infraorder)
> Onchidoridoidea (Superfamily)
> Goniodorididae (Family)
> Goniodoris (Genus)
> castanea (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Doris pareti Vérany, 1846
=Goniodoris castanea var. pallida Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1900
Images: Goniodoris castanea Alder & Hancock, 1845
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Taxonomy
Family:
GONIODORIDIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Ringipleura (Subterclass)
> Nudipleura (Superorder)
> Nudibranchia (Order)
> Doridina (Suborder)
> Doridoidei (Infraorder)
> Onchidoridoidea (Superfamily)
> Goniodorididae (Family)
> Goniodoris (Genus)
> castanea (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Doris pareti Vérany, 1846
=Goniodoris castanea var. pallida Dautzenberg & Durouchoux, 1900
Details: Goniodoris castanea Alder & Hancock, 1845
Size/Grows to:
Animal 30mm
Distribution:
Sporadic distribution throughout New Zealand, possibly due to shipping. Also England
Geographical Range:
AFI.
Notes:
Marine, Introduced
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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