The identity of Homoiodoris novaezelandiae

November 10, 2006
From: Bill Rudman


The message today from Kimberley Seaward [#18266 ] concerning Hoplodoris nodulosa is an opportune occasion to post this photo of it from New Zealand, kindly sent by Michael C. Miller. In New Zealand this species was known as Homoiodoris novaezelandiae Bergh, 1904 until Miller's review (1991) which showed that it was a species of Hoplodoris. On the evidence then available it was considered distinct from the eastern Australian Hoplodoris nodulosa. However, in Fahey & Gosliner's revision of the genus (2003), H. novaezelandiae is considered to be anatomically identical to H. nodulosa.

Photo: Aquarium Point, Portobello, Dunedin, New Zealand. 17 August 1962. Photo: M.C.Miller

  • Fahey, S. J. and Gosliner, T. M. (2003) Mistaken identities: On the Discodorididae genera Hoplodoris Bergh, 1880 and Carminodoris Bergh, 1889 (Opisthobranchia: Nudibranchia). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 54: 161-380.
  • Miller, M. C. (1991) On the identity of the dorid nudibranch Homoiodoris novaezelandiae Bergh, 1904 (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia). Journal of Natural History 25: 293-304.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2006 (Nov 10) The identity of Homoiodoris novaezelandiae. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/18267

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