William B. Rudman

William B. "Bill" Rudman (born 1944) is a malacologist from New Zealand and Australia. 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." 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. It is still online as a resource, but not accepting new messages.

Taxa 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.