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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
POLYCERIDAE: TRIOPHINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Ringipleura (Subterclass)
> Nudipleura (Superorder)
> Nudibranchia (Order)
> Doridina (Suborder)
> Doridoidei (Infraorder)
> Polyceroidea (Superfamily)
> Polyceridae (Family)
> Triophinae (Subfamily)
> Plocamopherus (Genus)
> imperialis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Histiophorus Pease, 1860
=Peplidia R.T. Lowe, 1842
Synonymised Names:
=Plocamopherus naeavatus Abraham, 1876
Images: Plocamopherus imperialis Angas, 1864
Llow tide on Zostera Flats, Parengarenga Harbour, Far North, NZ. © rights reserved
Llow tide on Zostera Flats, Parengarenga Harbour, Far North, NZ. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
POLYCERIDAE: TRIOPHINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Ringipleura (Subterclass)
> Nudipleura (Superorder)
> Nudibranchia (Order)
> Doridina (Suborder)
> Doridoidei (Infraorder)
> Polyceroidea (Superfamily)
> Polyceridae (Family)
> Triophinae (Subfamily)
> Plocamopherus (Genus)
> imperialis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Histiophorus Pease, 1860
=Peplidia R.T. Lowe, 1842
Synonymised Names:
=Plocamopherus naeavatus Abraham, 1876
Details: Plocamopherus imperialis Angas, 1864
Size/Grows to:
Animal 45mm
Distribution:
Far North
Notes:
Marine, Native - Endemic
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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.70)
  • Morley, M.S. Oct/1996 Plocamophorus imperialis (Angas, 1864) (Nudibranchia: Polyceridae: Triophinae), Poirieria, 19 (p.26)
  • Willan, R.C., Coleman, N. 1984 Nudibranchs of Australasia, Neville Coleman's Australasian Marine Photographic Index, Sydney (p.10)

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