Aphelodoris luctuosa
(Cheeseman, 1882)
Order: NUDIBRANCHIA
Suborder: DORIDINA
Superfamily: EUDORIDOIDEA
Family: Dorididae
DISTRIBUTION
Throughout New Zealand from intertidal to 30-40m.
PHOTO
Poor Knights Islands, northeastern New Zealand in about 15 m of water. April, 2001. Lower photo showing prominently raised rhinophore pockets. Photo: Ian Skipworth.
This is one of a number of similarly coloured species found in New Zealand and southern Australia. How many species there are and their colour variability needs investigation.
Reference:
• Cheeseman, T.F. (1882 for 1881). On two new species of nudibranchiate Mollusca. Trans. Proc. New Zealand Inst., 14: 213-215
Rudman, W.B., 2000 (January 18) Aphelodoris luctuosa (Cheeseman, 1882). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/apheluct
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