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] 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.[6]

Bibliography

Rudman's bibliography includes:[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ The natural history of Sydney on Google Books, p. 121
  2. ^ a b 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). Studies on the Bullomorph opisthobranchs (Doctoral thesis). ResearchSpace@Auckland, University of Auckland. hdl:2292/840.
  4. ^ Sea Slug Forum, accessed 4 March 2010.
  5. ^ Rudman, W.B., 2010 (Jun 3) The end of the Sea Slug Forum ?. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney.
  6. ^ WoRMS: Species named by Rudman.
  7. ^ Rudman, William B.. ZooBank, accessed 28 December 2016.

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