Opisthobranchs from the western Indian Ocean, with descriptions of two new species and ten new records (Mollusca, Gastropoda)
Author
Yonow, Nathalie
text
ZooKeys
2012
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.197.1728
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.197.1728
1313-2970-197-1
Tambja morosa (Bergh, 1877)
Nembrotha morosa
Bergh, 1877: 457 (Philippines).
Trevelyana morosa
Bergh, 1873: pl. 25 fig. 9, pl. 33 fig. 7 (Philippines).
Tambja kushimotoensis
Baba. -
Yonow and Hayward 1991
:12, figs. 7F, 12D (Mauritius).
Tambja morosa
. -
Gosliner 1987
: 100, fig. 183 (South Africa);
Pola et al. 2006
: 493, figs.1A, B, I, fig. 2 (Tanzania + West Pacific).
Material.
Mauritius: 22
x
8
x
10 mm, Japan Wreck, 25 m depth, 04 March 1990, leg. H Debelius and (poor) photograph of two mating individuals; photographs of three individuals http://seaslugs.free.fr/nudibranche/a_intro.htm.
Description/Distribution.
Preserved specimen translucent but retains blue pigment in creases on tail, gills, and rhinophores. The species was previously recorded from Mauritius by the author, and appears to be an infrequently encountered species in the western Indian Ocean (see
NudiPixel
for three records from India, Kenya, and Madagascar).