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| Caldukia | |
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| Caldukia rubiginosa | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Janolacea |
| Family: | Proctonotidae |
| Genus: | Caldukia Burn & Miller, 1969[1] |
Caldukia is a genus of sea slugs, or more accurately nudibranchs, marine gastropod molluscs, in the family Proctonotidae. One species, Caldukia affinis, is known to occur in Victoria, Australia, while the other two species are endemic to New Zealand.
Species
[edit]Species in the genus Caldukia include:[2]
- Caldukia affinis (Burn, 1958)[3]
- Caldukia albolineata Miller, 1970[4]
- Caldukia rubiginosa Miller, 1970[4]
References
[edit]- ↑ Burn, R. & Miller, M.C. (1969) A new genus, Caldukia, and an extended description of the type species, Proctonotus ? affinis Burn, 1958 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Arminacea: Antiopellidae). Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 1(12): 23-31.
- ↑ Bouchet, P. (2014). Caldukia Burn & Miller, 1969. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=534016 on 2014-11-19
- ↑ Burn, R. (1958) Further Victorian Opisthobranchia. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 1(2): 20-36.
- 1 2 Miller, M.C. 1970. Two new species of the genus Caldukia Burn & Miller, 1969 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia) from New Zealand waters. The Veliger, 12(3): 275-289.
- Miller, M.C. & Willan, R.C. (1986) A review of the New Zealand arminacean nudibranchs (Opisthobranchia: Arminacea). New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 13: 377–408.