Pleurobranchidae – Pleurobranchaeinae: Pleurobranchaea maculata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) (‘spotted sea-slug’)
Synonym(s): maculata Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 dorsalis Allan, 1933.
Typical body-length 60 mm. Lives intertidally to offshore amongst sea-anemones, 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: Pleurobranchomorpha
Superfamily: Pleurobranchoidea
Family: Pleurobranchaeidae
Genus: Pleurobranchaea
Localities for Pleurobranchaea maculata
Bicheno: Waubs Beach
Blackmans Bay
Coningham: foreshore
Cremorne: Pipe Clay Lagoon
D’Entrecasteaux Channel (unlocalised)
Derwent Estuary: ACMA Asterias survey Stn 31
Derwent Estuary: ACMA Asterias survey Stn 32
Devonport: Coles Beach
Devonport (unlocalised)
Dodges Ferry: Red Ochre Beach
Eaglehawk Neck: eastern side
Eddystone Point: Cod Bay: George Rocks
Frederick Henry Bay (unlocalised)
Greens Beach: main beach
Greens Beach: Nudists Beach
Hobart: Sandy Bay (unlocalised)
Hobart: Sullivans Cove area
King Island: Naracoopa: foreshore
Kingston Beach
Lauderdale canal
Lauderdale: Roches Beach
Lauderdale: Seven Mile Beach
Macquarie Harbour: Sarah Island
Midway Point (unlocalised)
North Bruny Island: Great Bay (unlocalised)
North Bruny Island: Variety Bay
Pirates Bay: Fossil Island
Pitt Water (unlocalised)
Taroona Beach
Tasmania (unlocalised)
Tinderbox Beach
Tinderbox: Piersons Point
Trial Harbour area
Verona Sands