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
1
1
133
journal article
31260
10.11646/zootaxa.4359.1.1
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1175-5326
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Pleurobranchus peronii
Cuvier, 1804
(
Figure 2 K–L
)
Material examined.
Three specimens. MHN-YT276, ZRP,
21 Feb.
2014
, 2m,
12mm
; MB28-0 0 4753, ZRS,
24m
,
22mm
; MB28-005042,
20 Aug.
2016,8m
,
15mm
.
Habitats.
Subtropical tidal reefs and rocky reefs.
Occurrences.
Zavora.
Geographic distribution.
Indo-west Pacific.
Hawaii
(Gosliner
et al.
2008;
Goodheart
et al.
2015
),
Japan
,
Korea
,
Papua
New Guinea
,
Indonesia
,
Malaysia
(Gosliner
et al
. 2008),
Philippines
(
Goodheart
et al.
2015
),
India
(
Apte 2009
),
Madagascar
,
Tanzania
,
South
Africa
(Gosliner
et al.
2008;
Goodheart
et al.
2015
) and
Mozambique
(
Macnae 1962
).
Remarks.
Found active at night, one specimen in association with the commensal cleaner shrimp
Hyppolyte
sp.