Taxonavigation

Familia: Facelinidae
Genus: Burnaia
Species: Burnaia helicochorda
Synonym: Aeolidia helicochorda

Name

• Aeolidia helicochorda Miller, 1988
  • Authority for current placement: Miller, 2001
  • Current status: invalid combination of Burnaia helicochorda
  • Gender: changeable (-us, -um, -a)
  • Original combination(s)/spelling(s): Aeolidia helicochorda
  • Original genus: Aeolidia Cuvier, 1797
  • Original status: valid species
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: designated
    • Description: 'a microscope slide of the radula and jaws of the 24 mm specimen'
    • Repository: MONZ, as 'National Museum of New Zealand, Wellington', 'M.87451'
  • Type locality: 'New Zealand, the North Island, East Coast, Leigh, Goat Island Bay, ... ELWS, outer part of Echinoderm Reef'
  • ZooBank

Primary references

• Miller, M.C. 1988: Aeolidia helicochorda, a new aeolid nudibranch (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia) from New Zealand. New Zealand journal of zoology 14(3): 391–397. DOI: 10.1080/03014223.1987.10423010 . Reference page.  [first availability, see p. 391, and figs. 1-5]

References

• Miller, M.C. 2001: Aeolid nudibranchs (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia) of the family Aeolidiidae from New Zealand waters. Journal of natural history 35(5): 629–662. DOI: 10.1080/00222930152023081 . Reference page.  [see p. 659]
• Willan, R.C. 2010: Subclass Opisthobranchia. Pp. 422-462 in: Cook, S.de C. (ed.), New Zealand coastal marine invertebrates 1. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. ISBN 1877257605