Bill Rudman Explained

William B. "Bill" Rudman (born 1944)[1] [2] is a malacologist from New Zealand and Australia.[2] In particular he studies sea slugs, opisthobranch gastropod molluscs, and has named many species of nudibranchs.

Rudman has a PhD from the University of Auckland, gained with a thesis on bullomorph opisthobranchs.[3] Rudman ran the Sea Slug Forum, a website affiliated with the Australian Museum. In Rudman's words, the forum "aims to generate more interest in these fascinating animals by sharing information with a worldwide audience.".[4] Sea Slug Forum has information and numerous images of nudibranchs, bubble-snails, sea hares and other kinds of sea slugs. It was discontinued in 2010 after 14,523 messages had been posted.[5]

Notes and References

  1. https://books.google.com/books?id=ab4dAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA121 The natural history of Sydney
  2. Coan E. V., Kabat A. R. & Petit R. E. (2009). 2,400 years of malacology, 6th ed., February 15, 2009, 830 pp. + 32 pp. [Annex of Collations]. American Malacological Society: http://www.malacological.org/publications/2400_malacology.html
  3. Rudman . W. . 1970 . Doctoral thesis . Studies on the Bullomorph opisthobranchs . ResearchSpace@Auckland, University of Auckland . 2292/840.
  4. http://www.seaslugforum.net/ Sea Slug Forum
  5. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxlist&searchpar=4&tComp=contains&tName=Rudman WoRMS: Species named by Rudman.
  6. http://zoobank.org/?id=21216616 Rudman, William B.
  7. Rudman, W.B., 2010 (Jun 3) The end of the Sea Slug Forum ?. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. It is still online as a resource, but not accepting new messages.

    Taxa

    Species named in honour of this malacologist include:

    The World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) lists 186 marine species named by Rudman.[5]

    Bibliography

    Rudman's bibliography includes:[6]

    • Rudman, W. B. 1968 "Three new species of the opisthobranch family Aglajidae from New Zealand." Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Zoology 10(23): 211–216.
    • 10.1080/00852988.1970.10673837. A Revision of the Genus Philine in New Zealand with Descriptions of Two New Species (Gastropoda Opisthobranchia). Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia. 2. 23–34. 1970. Rudman. W. B..
    • 10.1080/00852988.1971.10673851. On a New Genus for "Tornatina" Murdoch! Suter, 1913 (Retusidae, Opisthobranchia). Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia. 2. 2. 187–193. 1971. Rudman. W. B..
    • 10.1080/00852988.1971.10673853. The Family Acteonidae (Opisthobranchia, Gastropoda) in New Zealand. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia. 2. 2. 205–214. 1971. Rudman. W. B..
    • 10.1080/00852988.1971.10673852. The Genus Bullina (Opisthobranchia, Gastropoda) in New Zealand. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia. 2. 2. 195–203. 1971. Rudman. W. B..
    • 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1980.tb01923.x. Aeolid opisthobranch molluscs (Glaucidae) from the Indian Ocean and the south-west Pacific. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 68. 2. 139–172. 1980. Rudman. W. B..
    • 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1982.tb02182.x. The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: Chromodoris quadricolor, C. Lineolata and Hypselodoris nigrolineata colour groups. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 76. 3. 183–241. 1982. Rudman. W. B..
    • 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1982.tb01146.x. The taxonomy and biology of further aeolidacean and arminacean nudibranch molluscs with symbiotic zooxanthellae. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 74. 2. 147–196. 1982. Rudman. W. B..
    • 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1984.tb01174.x. The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: A review of the genera. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 81. 2–3. 115–273. 1984. Rudman. W. B..
    • 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1985.tb00875.x. The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: Chromodoris aureomarginata, C. Verrieri and C. Fidelis colour groups. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 83. 3. 241–299. 1985. Rudman. W. B..
    • 10.1093/mollus/53.2.189. The Genus Trapania (Nudibranchia: Goniodorididae) in the Indo-West Pacific. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 53. 2. 189–212. 1987. Rudman. W.B..
    • 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1988.tb01531.x. The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: The genus Ceratosoma J. E. Gray. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 93. 2. 133–185. 1988. Rudman. W. B..
    • 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1990.tb01864.x. The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: Further species of Glossodoris, Thorunna and the Chromodoris aureomarginata colour group. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 100. 3. 263–326. 1990. Rudman. W. B..
    • 10.1080/13235818.1995.10673663. The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: Further species from New Caledonia and the Noumea romeri colour group. Molluscan Research. 16. 1–43. 1995. Rudman. W.B..
    • 10.11646/zootaxa.695.1.1. Further species of the opisthobranch genus Okenia (Nudibranchia: Goniodorididae) from the Indo-West Pacific. Zootaxa. 695. 1. 2004. Rudman. W. B.. 89226554 .
    • 10.11646/zootaxa.1657.1.4. Two new species of Okenia (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia: Goniodorididae) from eastern Australia and Tanzania. Zootaxa. 1657. 57–67. 2007. Rudman. William B.. 92483221 .
    • 10.11646/zootaxa.1229.1.3. Integripelta acanthus n. sp. (Bryozoa: Eurystomellidae) — a tropical prey species of Okenia hiroi (Nudibranchia). Zootaxa. 1229. 41. 2006. Gordon. D. P.. Rudman. W. B.. 86265256 .

    Further reading

    • Loch I. (1988). W. B. Rudman – Malacological bibliography and described Taxa. Sydney: Australian Museum, 8 pp.
    • Miller A. (1998). "Shellebrities, W. B. Rudman, BSc. MSc. (Hons) PhD. DSc". Australian Shell News 101: 7. (with portrait).

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