A new abyssal arminacean nudibranch from new zealand

Heterodorls antipodes n.sp. is described from a single specimen trawled at 1760-1800 m on the slope of the Tasman Basin west of New Zealand’s South Island. Diagnostic features exist in body shape and colour, the gut, and the reproductive system. The genus was previously known only from the North Atl...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:New Zealand Journal of Zoology
Main Author: Wlllan R.C.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 1981
Subjects:
Abyssal zone
Arminidae
Benthos
Gastropoda
Heteradoris antipodes
New taxa
Nudibranchia
Opisthobranchia
Revision
Tasman Sea
Taxonomy
1103 Clinical Sciences
New Zealand
North Atlantic
Online Access:https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:393941
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Summary:Heterodorls antipodes n.sp. is described from a single specimen trawled at 1760-1800 m on the slope of the Tasman Basin west of New Zealand’s South Island. Diagnostic features exist in body shape and colour, the gut, and the reproductive system. The genus was previously known only from the North Atlantic. Heterodorididae Verriil & Emerton in Verrill is reduced to a subfamily of Arminidae Iredale & O’Donoghue.

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