Astonishing diversity revealed: an annotated and illustrated inventory of Nudipleura (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) from Mozambique
Author
Tibiriçá, Yara
Author
Pola, Marta
Author
Cervera, Juan Lucas
text
Zootaxa
2017
2017-12-01
4359
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1
133
journal article
31260
10.11646/zootaxa.4359.1.1
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Janolus
sp. 2
(
Figure 28 E
)
Material examined.
One specimen. MB28-005029, POB,
18m
,
18mm
.
Habitats.
Subtropical rocky reef.
Occurrences.
Ponta do Ouro.
Geographic distribution.
Western
Indian Ocean.
Mauritius
(
Armin 2010b
) and
Mozambique
.
Remarks.
This species appears to be undescribed. It resembles the illustration of the species identified as
Janolus toyamensis
Baba
& Abe,
1970
in Gosliner et al. 2015
(pag. 305, top two photos). However, the specimen examined here and in Gosliner
et al
. (2015) has a long pointed tail, while the
type
material of
J
.
toyamensis
has a broad rounded foot with no tail crest (
Baba
& Abe 1970
). Moreover this specimen lacks the dark brown spots on the foot cited in the first description of
J. toyamensis
and has a subapical blue ring in the cerata and a blue edge on the tail, which is not mentioned by
Baba
& Abe (1970)
.