The opisthobranch gastropods (Mollusca: Heterobranchia) from Venezuela: an annotated and illustrated inventory of species Author Gutiérrez, Manuel Caballer Author Ortea, Jesús Author Rivero, Nelsy Author Tucker, Gabriela Carias Author Malaquias, Manuel António E. Author Narciso, Samuel text Zootaxa 2015 4034 2 201 256 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.4034.2.1 1fa1722a-e007-4741-bc32-dfb4e64b564f 1175-5326 242115 80170774-B01E-41CE-9551-5D4DF67BD4F9 62. Stiliger cricetus Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1970 Material examined. MC, 1 spc., H = 5 mm , JOC. Ecology. On algae of the genus Bryopsis or Batophora oerstedi ( 1 m deep). Distribution. ABC islands, Bahamas , Venezuela (Miloslavich et al. 2010: as Ercolania cricetus . Mochima Bay: Mollo et al. 1994). Remarks. Mollo et al . (1994) redescribed and reinstated S. cricetus based on one specimen from Venezuela . Later, Valdés et al. (2006) recorded Ercolania coerulea in Venezuela and considered S. cricetus to be a synonym but no reasons were given to explain the synonymization. Due to the complex taxonomy of the Sacoglossa and the tendency for cryptic speciation in the group (Carmona et al. 2011), we maintain S. cricetus as a valid species until additional data is available. Venezuela is the southern geographical limit of the distribution of this species.