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Taxonomy
Family:
AEOLIDIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Ringipleura (Subterclass)
> Nudipleura (Superorder)
> Nudibranchia (Order)
> Cladobranchia (Suborder)
> Aeolidioidea (Superfamily)
> Aeolidiidae (Family)
> Baeolidia (Genus)
> australis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Aeolidiopsis Pruvot-Fol, 1956
Synonymised Names:
=Spurilla australis Rudman, 1982
=Baeolidia major Eliot, 1903
Images: Baeolidia australis (Rudman, 1982)
In a shallow sandy rock pool, Far North, NZ. 15mm. © rights reserved
In a shallow sandy rock pool, Far North, NZ. 15mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
AEOLIDIIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Heterobranchia (Subclass)
> Euthyneura (Infraclass)
> Ringipleura (Subterclass)
> Nudipleura (Superorder)
> Nudibranchia (Order)
> Cladobranchia (Suborder)
> Aeolidioidea (Superfamily)
> Aeolidiidae (Family)
> Baeolidia (Genus)
> australis (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Aeolidiopsis Pruvot-Fol, 1956
Synonymised Names:
=Spurilla australis Rudman, 1982
=Baeolidia major Eliot, 1903
Details: Baeolidia australis (Rudman, 1982)
Size/Grows to:
Animal 32mm
Distribution:
Western Indo-Pacific. North-east Northland south to Leigh, from 10m
Notes:
Marine, Native - Non-endemic, Intertidal
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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.77)
  • Miller, M.C. 2001 Aeolid nudibranchs (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia) of the family Aeolidiidae from New Zealand, Journal of Natural History, 35 (p.654)
  • Willan, R.C., Morton, J.E. 1984 Opisthobranchia, Marine Molluscs, University of Auckland, Leigh Marine Laboratory, 2 (p.73)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.290)

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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