Career
In particular he studies sea slugs, opisthobranch gastropod molluscs, and has named many species of nudibranchs. He is perhaps most widely known for his website, the Sea Slug Forum, which was affiliated with the Australian Museum. The Sea Slug Forum was a voluminous resource, which in Rudman"s words: "aims to generate more interest in these fascinating animals by sharing information with a worldwide audience.".
Sea Slug Forum had information and numerous images of nudibranchs, bubble-snails, sea hares and other kinds of sea slugs.
Species named in honour of this malacologist include:
Aplysia rudmani Bebbington, 1974
Cadulus rudmani Lamprell & Healy, 1998
Hypselodoris rudmani Gosliner & R. F. Johnson, 1999
Phyllidiella rudmani Brunckhorst, 1993
Phyllodesmium rudmani Burghardt & Gosliner, 2006
Trapania rudmani M. C. Miller, 1981
The World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) lists 186 marine species named by Rudman.
