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

Authorship details
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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