William B. Rudman

William B. Rudman (born 1944), usually known as Bill Rudman, is a malacologist from New Zealand and Australia. 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 is affiliated with the Australian Museum. The Sea Slug Forum is 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 has information and numerous images of nudibranchs, bubble-snails, sea hares and other kinds of sea slugs. Unfortunately the Forum was discontinued in 2010 after 14,523 messages had been posted. It is still online as a resource, but not accepting new messages.

Species named in honour of this malacologist include:

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

Rudman's bibliography includes:

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