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Molluscs of Tasmania

Discodorididae: Hoplodoris nodulosa (Angas, 1864) (‘lumpy sea-lemon’)

Synonym(s): nodulosa Angas, 1864 pustulata Abraham, 1877 novaezelandiae Bergh, 1904.

Typical body-length 30 mm. Lives intertidally to offshore on sponges, on which it feeds. Native. Occurs in southeastern and southwestern Australia (QLD, NSW, TAS, VIC, SA and WA); also New Zealand.

Classification

Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Heterobranchia
Order: Euctenidiacea – Doridacea
Superfamily: Doridoidea
Family: Discodorididae
Genus: Hoplodoris

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